When I Was In My 20s It

I Think My Mother Was Very Spiritual.

The Imagination Demands That Life Be Told Slant Because Of Its Need Of Distance.

Yes, Though I Have Nothing But Gratitude For My Upbringing In The Church.

Yes, But Also One Of The Problems For A Novelist In Ireland Is The Fact That There Are No Formal Manners. I Mean Some People Have Beautiful Manners But There's No Kind Of Agreed Form Of Manners.

I Think Technique Can Be Taught But I Think The Only Way To Learn To Write Is To Read, And I See Writing And Reading As Completely Related. One Almost Couldn't Exist Without The Other.