I Tend To Plan As

Do Not Place A Photograph Of Your Favourite Author On Your Desk, Especially If The Author Is One Of The Famous Ones Who Committed Suicide.

I Tend To Plan As I Write. And I Want To Leave Myself Open And The Character Open To Keep On Going Until It Seems To Be The Time To Stop.

It's A Big Con Job. We Have Sold The Myth Of Dublin As A Sexy Place Incredibly Well; Because It Is A Dreary Little Dump Most Of The Time.

I See People In Terms Of Dialogue And I Believe That People Are Their Talk.

No Matter How Close To Personal Experience A Story Might Be, Inevitably You Are Going To Get To A Part That Isn't Yours And, Actually, Whether It Happened Or Not Becomes Irrelevant. It Is All About Choosing The Right Words.