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When I was 14 or 15, our teacher introduced us to Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities.' It was just for entertainment - we read it aloud - and all of a sudden it became a treasure.

~Dermot Healy

Topics: Aloud Became Cities Dickens Entertainment Introduced Just Our Read Sudden Tale Teacher Treasure Two Us

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I write mostly in my office in the shed outside at home, but it can get very cold. I write best on the train, among people. As a writer you spend so much time away from people.

~Dermot Healy

Topics: Among Away Best Cold Get Home Mostly Much Office Outside People Shed So Much Time Spend Time Train Very Write Writer You I Write

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There isn't any distinction between a reader and a writer - reading is so much a part of it.

~Dermot Healy

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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