literature is the last banquet between minds.

It is increasingly clear that the fate of the universe will come to depend more and more on individuals as the bungling of bureaucracy permeates every corner of our existence.

History is said to be written by the victors. Fiction, by contrast, is largely the work of injured bystanders.

When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.

The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed.

Ordinary life bypassed me, but I also bypassed it. It couldn't have been any other way.Conventional life and conventional people are not for me.

Writing is like carrying a fetus.

never forget this moment, the hum of the bee, the saffron threads of the flower, the drawn blinds, nature's assiduousness and human cruelty.

... a country encapsulates our childhood and those lanes, byres, fields, flowers, insects, suns, moons and stars are forever reoccurring.

Promiscuity is the death of love.

I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.

It is through imagination that we transcend understanding and travel into the world of possibilities.

I understand the sacred words of the sacred souls.

We stand a chance of getting a president who has probably killed more people before he gets into office than any president in the history of the United States.

Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.

Well, do a good day's work and act like somebody.

Women and music should not be dated.

Our final experience, like our first, is conjectural. We move between two darkness's.

Well, nine times out of ten when you have 2 or 3 stars in a household you have an unfortunate amount of competition that's not necessarily a healthy competition.

I am no longer surprised at your knowing only six accomplished women. I rather wonder now at your knowing any.

I like to work on records when I feel inspired, not because it's expected of me.