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I don't believe the world's a particularly beautiful place, but I do believe in redemption.

~Colum Mccann

Topics: Beautiful Beautiful Place Believe Particularly Place Redemption World

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I'm not interested in blind optimism, but I'm very interested in optimism that is hard-won, that takes on darkness and then says, 'This is not enough.'

~Colum Mccann

Topics: Blind Darkness Enough Interested Not Interested Optimism Says Takes Then Very

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It's not very fashionable, but I love life, and I believe that things disappear and reappear and nothing ever solidifies, no matter how middle-class, housebroken, staid, and solitary someone's life seems to be. That, I think, is what I'm writing about.

~Colum Mccann

Topics: About Believe Disappear Ever Fashionable How Life Love Love Life Matter Middle-Class Nothing Seems Solitary Someone Things Think Very Writing I Think I Love I Believe I Believe That

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The contemporary American novelist benefits in a way from being ignored. It makes you angrier and makes you want to go into all of those places where you shouldn't.

~Colum Mccann

Topics: American Being Being Ignored Benefits Contemporary Go Ignored Makes Novelist Places Those Want Way Where You

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The further away we got from 9/11, the more I wanted to find some way to recover. I wanted to talk about the more anonymous corners of the city, because I think it's very important that not all of that anger was turned to revenge.

~Colum Mccann

Topics: About Anger Anonymous Away Because City Corners Find Further Got Important More Recover Revenge Some Talk Think Turned Very Wanted Way I Think

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If you're a writer, you know there are ways in which we don't know what we're doing at all. We're working out mysteries in a sort of poetic realm, and hoping that if a story is honest, if you're dragging the deep truth out of yourself, then something good and profound might come out of it.

~Colum Mccann

Topics: Come Deep Doing Dragging Good Honest Hoping Know Might Mysteries Out Poetic Profound Realm Something Something Good Sort Story Then Truth Ways Which Working Writer You Yourself

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Increasingly I think of myself as some strange and solitary conductor, introduced to a group of very dynamic musicians who happen to be my characters, and I have no idea how they are going to play together, and I have certainly no idea how I am going to put manners on them.

~Colum Mccann

Topics: Am Certainly Characters Conductor Dynamic Going Group Happen How Idea Increasingly Introduced Manners Musicians Myself No Idea Play Put Solitary Some Strange Them Think Together Very Who I Think I Am

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Every first thing is always a miracle. The first person you fall in love with. The first letter you receive. The first stone you throw. And in my conception of the novel, the letter becomes important. But what's more important is the fact that we need to continue to tell each other stories.

~Colum Mccann

Topics: Always Becomes Conception Continue Each Every Fact Fall First First Thing Important Letter Love Miracle More Need Novel Other Person Receive Stone Stories Tell Thing Throw You

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I think one of the biggest political failures, and the biggest social failures, over the past few years has been the failure of empathy; not being able to look at the other person down the street.

~Colum Mccann

Topics: Able Been Being Biggest Down Empathy Failure Failures Few Look Other Over Past Past Few Years Person Political Social Street Think Years I Think

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I'm much more interested in allowing a story to happen, and people find whatever meaning is in there.

~Colum Mccann

Topics: Allowing Find Happen Interested Meaning More Much People Story Whatever

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Writer

Born: February 28th, 1965

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