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We know so little of the why, what the universe is, what infinity is. The veil around us is very fragile.

~Conor Mcpherson

Topics: Around Fragile Infinity Know Little Universe Us Veil Very Why

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I'm anxious about work, the future, friendships, past relationships... I'm just one of those people that, whatever I'm doing, it's a big worry.

~Conor Mcpherson

Topics: About Anxious Big Doing Friendships Future Just Just One Past People Relationships Those Whatever Work Worry

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I just want the actors to put their faith in the language. Just let the words do the work.

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Topics: Actor Faith Just Language Put Want Words Work

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The young person isn't certain that love can be real; the middle-aged man is only discovering that it is; and the older person seems so sure of it. I was interested in the way that many of us go through the whole of our lives staying with someone just out of complacency, because leaving isn't easy.

~Conor Mcpherson

Topics: Be Real Because Certain Complacency Discovering Easy Go Interested Just Leaving Lives Love Man Many Middle-Aged Older Only Our Our Lives Out Person Real Seems Someone Staying Sure Through Us Way Whole Young Young Person

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I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for them the stakes are somewhat higher.

~Conor Mcpherson

Topics: About Attracted Because Characters Guess Higher Isolation Me Older Repelled Scares Somewhat Stakes Tend Them Too Why Write

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I have a theory about Ireland, being at the edge of Europe. For 1,000 years, people didn't know what was beyond. But we thought about it - a lot. And that 'beyond' became internalized in our psyche.

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Topics: About Became Being Beyond Edge Europe Ireland Know Lot Our People Psyche Theory Thought Years

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If I wasn't plagued by needing to write things, that would perhaps be a blessing.

~Conor Mcpherson

Topics: Blessing Needing Perhaps Things Would Write

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I'm not a good storyteller - I much prefer to be with people who are chatty, to have the luxury of listening.

~Conor Mcpherson

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I'm living as an artist, and that's a staggering feeling, it's a total luxury. And because you have this amazing chance, with so much freedom, I'm determined to make something that is worth that. I feel this responsibility - to create something that makes an audience feel, which takes them somewhere. But that's very hard to achieve.

~Conor Mcpherson

Topics: Achieve Amazing Artist Audience Because Chance Create Determined Feel Feeling Freedom Hard Living Luxury Make Makes Much Responsibility Something Somewhere Staggering Takes Them Total Very Which Worth You I Feel

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Playwright

Born: August 6th, 1971

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