The real writers are tenacious creatures, and they found a … - Philip Ó Ceallaigh

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The real writers are tenacious creatures, and they found a way long before there were writers workshops and creative writing courses in the universities. In the absence of formal frameworks, personal initiatives and informal frameworks become more important.

Philip Ó Ceallaigh

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Philip Ó Ceallaigh (born March 23, 1968) is an Irish short story writer living in Bucharest.

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I don't want to become the kind of writer who's putting out a book every two years. Money is not my primary concern. I've been broke before and I'll do it again.

I called the boss a ‘fucker’ one day – not to his face, but it got back to him – so that was the end.

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.

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