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Kevin Barry Quotes

I have been as influenced by music and films as by books Picture Quote #1

In the early nineties, I was a cub reporter on a city newspaper in Limerick, and assigned to the courthouse there. One day, an old detective sergeant came and whispered to me in the press pit. He pointed out a young offender, a teenager who was up for stealing a car or something relatively minor, and said, ‘See this kid? He’ll kill.’ Picture Quote #1

There’s no mistaking the fact that some of the best longform fiction out there now is in American television. ‘The Wire’ and ‘Deadwood’ and ‘The Sopranos.’ Picture Quote #1

Get up, groan, write a bit, moan, eat breakfast, write some more, cycle my bike through the Sligo hills, make up country songs as I pedal along, sing them, have lunch, have a nap, groan, moan, write a small bit more, cook dinner, feed wifey, open a bottle, or several, slump, sleep Picture Quote #1

When you wake up, instead of checking emails on your phone, or counting your retweets, pick up a pen and scratch a few sentences into a notebook Picture Quote #1

I was a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Limerick city, and I used to cover the district court meetings. All of life passed through the Limerick courthouse. Misery, malevolence, the dark side of humanity... I tell ya, it made ‘Angela’s Ashes’ look like ‘The Wonderful World of Disney.’ Picture Quote #1

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Very first thing in the morning, I spew some rough genius directly on to the laptop. Then I have coffee and rewrite for three hours Picture Quote #1

I have always felt a special affinity with V. S. Pritchett. He worked from the ear, primarily, as I do, and he was an all-rounder, writing short stories, novels, memoir, travelogue, critical biography. He lived to be almost 100, and he never stopped, and his work is unified by a great generosity of spirit Picture Quote #1

It was quite risky to open the book with one of my quieter stories; I’m kind of trying, I think, to lure readers into a false sense of security and then assault them with a couple really loud, really strange stories Picture Quote #1

City of Bohane’ has been optioned for film, and I’ve finished a first draft of the script Picture Quote #1

The fundamental human truth underpinning ‘Ox Mountain Death Song’ is that men so very often turn into their fathers. The way that everything gets passed down Picture Quote #1

Don DeLillo’s ‘White Noise,’ which I read when I was 19. It showed me that a book can be funny as hell and deadly serious Picture Quote #1

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At one point I would read nothing that was not by the great American Jews - Saul Bellow, Philip Roth - which had a disastrous effect of making me think I needed to write the next great Jewish American novel. As a ginger-haired child in the West of Ireland, that didn’t work out very well, as you can imagine Picture Quote #1

I’ve had lots of people saying very nice things about the work. But I genuinely feel in the course of a writing career you’re going to have people say very nice things and some not-so-nice things, and if at all possible you should try to ignore both Picture Quote #1

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I have been as influenced by music and films as by books (Kevin Barry Quotes) In the early nineties, I was a cub reporter on a city newspaper in Limerick, and assigned to the courthouse there. One day, an old detective sergeant came and whispered to me in the press pit. He pointed out a young offender, a teenager who was up for stealing a car or something relatively minor, and said, ‘See this kid? He’ll kill.’ (Kevin Barry Quotes) There’s no mistaking the fact that some of the best longform fiction out there now is in American television. ‘The Wire’ and ‘Deadwood’ and ‘The Sopranos.’ (Kevin Barry Quotes) Get up, groan, write a bit, moan, eat breakfast, write some more, cycle my bike through the Sligo hills, make up country songs as I pedal along, sing them, have lunch, have a nap, groan, moan, write a small bit more, cook dinner, feed wifey, open a bottle, or several, slump, sleep. (Kevin Barry Quotes) When you wake up, instead of checking emails on your phone, or counting your retweets, pick up a pen and scratch a few sentences into a notebook. (Kevin Barry Quotes) I was a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Limerick city, and I used to cover the district court meetings. All of life passed through the Limerick courthouse. Misery, malevolence, the dark side of humanity... I tell ya, it made ‘Angela’s Ashes’ look like ‘The Wonderful World of Disney.’ (Kevin Barry Quotes) Very first thing in the morning, I spew some rough genius directly on to the laptop. Then I have coffee and rewrite for three hours. (Kevin Barry Quotes) I have always felt a special affinity with V. S. Pritchett. He worked from the ear, primarily, as I do, and he was an all-rounder, writing short stories, novels, memoir, travelogue, critical biography. He lived to be almost 100, and he never stopped, and his work is unified by a great generosity of spirit. (Kevin Barry Quotes) It was quite risky to open the book with one of my quieter stories; I’m kind of trying, I think, to lure readers into a false sense of security and then assault them with a couple really loud, really strange stories. (Kevin Barry Quotes) City of Bohane’ has been optioned for film, and I’ve finished a first draft of the script (Kevin Barry Quotes) The fundamental human truth underpinning ‘Ox Mountain Death Song’ is that men so very often turn into their fathers. The way that everything gets passed down. (Kevin Barry Quotes) Don DeLillo’s ‘White Noise,’ which I read when I was 19. It showed me that a book can be funny as hell and deadly serious. (Kevin Barry Quotes) At one point I would read nothing that was not by the great American Jews - Saul Bellow, Philip Roth - which had a disastrous effect of making me think I needed to write the next great Jewish American novel. As a ginger-haired child in the West of Ireland, that didn’t work out very well, as you can imagine. (Kevin Barry Quotes) I’ve had lots of people saying very nice things about the work. But I genuinely feel in the course of a writing career you’re going to have people say very nice things and some not-so-nice things, and if at all possible you should try to ignore both. (Kevin Barry Quotes)