The writing is a joy, so seamless you nearly miss the sheer artistry of the style and the terrific, wry humour.

There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it.

And so evil flourishes and spreads because decent people don't want to make a fuss.

The Local Paper here asked that me books be banned........THE HIGHEST PRAISE for an Irish writer.

Let it Ride channels Elmore Leonard at the height of his powers, with dialogue Quentin Tarantino would kill for.

Tony Black is the Tom Waits of Crime Fiction, yes, that good.

I get through some print.

The whiskey kicked like a mugger.

I've been the oldest child since before you were born

But I think bands that rolled in with a big attitude, like they were some big deal, I just found that very strange.

Stiffening the spine of progressive members of Congress is crucial.

We are most of us governed by epistemologies that we know to be wrong

I often say that ... I'm just involved in comedy, so I can be around it.

Ultimately, I don't believe that you can build a company without a lot of effort, and that you need to lead by example.

I remember Grace (Coddington) looking at me and said, 'Can you do something?' and I was like, 'OK, how long do you give me?' and she said 'Half an hour?', I said 'Forty-five minutes?'

Asking someone else to do something immoral is immoral.

Football is pretty much played 16 times a year, where training is kind of a year-round thing.

Eliminating one weakness is better than adding one strength.