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All writing is a form of manipulation, of course, but you realize that a plain sentence can actually do so much.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Actually Course Form Manipulation Much Plain Realize Sentence Writing You

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When I was 19, I thought I wanted to be an English civil servant. It was the most exotic thing at the time - can you imagine, in the middle of the IRA bombing campaigns? I saw an ad inviting Irish applicants for an induction course, so I signed up.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Ad Bombing Campaigns Civil Course English Exotic Imagine Inviting Ira Irish Middle Most Saw Servant Signed Thing Thought Time Up Wanted You

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The best thing about New York is working late into the night. At 1 in the morning on a Saturday, to be still working, there's an immense satisfaction in being enclosed by it.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: About Being Best Immense Late Morning New New York Night Satisfaction Saturday Still Thing Working York

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Between the ages of 8 and 12 it was difficult to know what my father was saying, and he moved very slowly, and then he died.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Ages Between Died Difficult Father He Know Moved Saying Slowly Then Very

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I still have a stammer that I can control by not opening a sentence with a hard consonant, or by concentrating for a moment, breathing softly down. Growing up, the 'Our Father' was lovely, made for me, the 'Hail Mary' was gorgeous, and 'Glory Be to the Father' was an absolute nightmare.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Absolute Breathing Concentrating Control Down Father Glory Gorgeous Growing Growing Up Hail Hard Lovely Made Mary Me Moment Nightmare Opening Our Our Father Sentence Softly Still Up I Can

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Writer's block! It doesn't exist. You just long for ideas to go away so you have an idea of peace.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Away Block Exist Go Go Away Idea Ideas Just Long Peace Writer You

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I feel just fine about ignoring or bypassing the rights of people I have known and loved to be rendered faithfully, or to be left in peace, and out of novels.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: About Faithfully Feel Fine Ignoring Just Known Left Loved Novels Out Peace People Rendered Rights I Feel

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I lived in the Republic of Ireland. I wrote a book about the North but as an outsider. The hatreds there were not mine. I never felt them. I liked how open in most ways Catalan nationalism was, compared to Irish nationalism. I disliked the violence and cruelty in Ireland.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: About Book Compared Cruelty Disliked Felt How Ireland Irish Liked Lived Mine Most Nationalism Never North Open Outsider Republic Them Violence Ways Were Wrote

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Life has a funny way of becoming ordinary as soon as it can.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Becoming Funny Funny Way Life Ordinary Soon Way

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Three of my novels and a good number of my short stories are told from the point of view of men. I was brought up in a house of women.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Brought Good House Men Novels Number Point Point Of View Short Short Stories Stories Three Up View Women

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Novelist

Born: May 30th, 1955

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