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Born: 1940-05-28
Profession: Novelist
Nation: Irish
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Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.

Tags: Everybody, Hero, Story

Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peaceful grown-up thing to do, and I still think that.

Tags: Parents, Reading, Thought

I'm an escapist kind of writer.

Tags: Escapist, Writer

I'm pleased to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I realize I am a writer people buy to take on vacation.

Tags: Great, Realize, Vacation

We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be the most important thing.

Tags: Loved, Somebody, Yourself

All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.

Tags: Enjoy, Home, Wanted

Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.

Tags: Life, Real, Someone

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turn into confident ducks.

Tags: Stories, Turn, Ugly

I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer.

Tags: Happy, Irish, Writer

I've been very lucky and I have a happy old age with good family and friends still around.

Tags: Age, Family, Good

If you woke up each morning, and immediately dwelt on your ills, what sort of a day could you look forward to?

Tags: Forward, Morning, Woke

An English journalist called Michael Viney told me when I was 25, that I would write well if I cared a lot what I was writing about. That worked. I went home that day and wrote about parents not understanding their children as well as we teachers did, and it was published the very next week.

Tags: Children, Home, Parents

I never wanted to write. I just wrote letters home from a kibbutz in Israel to reassure my parents that I was still alive and well fed and having a great time. They thought these letters were brilliant and sent them to a newspaper. So I became a writer by accident.

Tags: Great, Home, Time

I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.

Tags: Great, Realize, Vacation
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