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People's interest in glamour and clothes and nylon stockings and all those things were, when I was a little boy, the sort of world that I listened to.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Boy Clothes Glamour Interest Listened Little People Sort Stockings Things Those Were World

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Describe character using dialogue. Describe character using what the characters see or do or think, but not what they had done or where they had been.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Been Character Characters Describe Dialogue Done Had See Think Using Where

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I think that was one of the things that happened, especially in Ireland, that you left in order to improve yourself, and you couldn't write home and tell people, 'Look, I'm really lonely,' because you'd realize how much those letters were going to matter, that you needed to put good news or uplifting news into them.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Because Going Good Good News Happened Home How How Much Improve Ireland Left Letters Lonely Look Matter Much Needed News One Of The Things Order People Put Realize Really Tell Them Things Think Those Uplifting Were Write You Yourself I Think

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I did think of becoming a priest quite late on, when other boys were thinking of knocking over fences and going out with girls. I would have made a very good bishop: nice housekeeper, nice clothes - god, the clothes.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Becoming Bishop Boy Clothes Did Fences Girl God Going Good Knocking Late Made Nice Other Out Over Priest Quite Think Thinking Very Were Would

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Everyone who's in America spends the first few years not experiencing it. The person is frightened by the newness of the place and doesn't see things. Her emotional universe becomes the entire universe. And then when she thinks of home, her distance in space can seem like a distance in time.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: America Becomes Distance Emotional Entire Everyone Experiencing Few First Frightened Her Home Like Newness Person Place See Seem She Space Then Things Thinks Time Universe Years

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I was first in Sydney in 1993, and have been a few times since then. For someone who didn't know Australia, it came as a shock how intelligent, interesting and funny the people were. If I lived there I might see it differently, but as a visitor it was a lot of fun.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Australia Been Came Differently Few First Fun Funny How Intelligent Interesting Know Lived Lot Might People See Shock Since Someone Sydney Then Times Visitor Were Who

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It really matters to writers to find and treasure readers, all the more when they're on the other side of the world.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Find Matters More Other Readers Really Side Treasure World Writers

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Anyone who works in the arts knows, if you're writing a novel or a play or anything, you have to be ready for someone to say, 'Your time is up.'

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Anyone Anything Arts Knows Novel Play Ready Say Someone Time Up Who Works Writing You Your

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The next time I write a play - in order to get audience trust for a particular sort of tragic line, I'll try to bring the audience a good distance before that. Part of that is allowing comic moments to occur. I had been afraid of that - that once the audience started laughing in the play, they would never stop.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Afraid Allowing Audience Been Before Bring Comic Distance Get Good Had Laughing Line Moments Never Never Stop Next Next Time Occur Once Order Part Particular Play Sort Started Stop Time Tragic Trust Try Would Write I Write

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I live in words. I like looking at things, but I don't have a strong visual imagination.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Imagination Like Live Looking Strong Things Visual Words

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Novelist

Born: May 30th, 1955

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