I think if you've got something to say and you can say it with less, that's the way to go. - Philip Ó Ceallaigh

I was kind of solitary. I'd spend a lot of time on my own, reading books. I didn't integrate very well.

Tolstoy's War and Peace is overblown – do yourself a favour and read his Death of Ivan Ilych.

I write to discover something, not so much to set down what I already know. I see ignorance and confusion all around me. I see these things in myself. I'm subject of all kinds of fears and conflicting desires. But one of those desires, the sanest one, is to see through the confusion.