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> [Frazzled and delirious, as I've just finished a new book of stories. I feel like Moses staggering down the mountainside with the tablets of stone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/frazzled-and-delirious-as-i-ve-just-finished-a-new-book-of-stories-i/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

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## More by Kevin Barry

> [Frazzled and delirious, as I've just finished a new book of stories. I feel like Moses staggering down the mountainside with the tablets of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/frazzled-and-delirious-as-i-ve-just-finished-a-new-book-of-stories-i/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

> [Libraries are where we learn that we can live our lives through books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/libraries-are-where-we-learn-that-we-can-live-our-lives-through-books/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

> [I think the language as spoken in Limerick and Cork has not really been written; 'City of Bohane' is a combination of the two.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/i-think-the-language-as-spoken-in-limerick-and-cork-has-not-really/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

> [“rabid tush patrol”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/rabid-tush-patrol/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

> [It is nothing, to give one’s life for Ireland. I’m not the first and maybe I won’t be the last. What’s my life compared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/it-is-nothing-to-give-one-s-life-for-ireland-i-m-not-the-first-and/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

> [I go into my workroom seven mornings a week. There will only be one or two mornings a week where it seems to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/i-go-into-my-workroom-seven-mornings-a-week-there-will-only-be-one-or/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

> [I was a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Limerick city, and I used to cover the district court meetings. All of life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/i-was-a-cub-reporter-on-a-local-newspaper-in-limerick-city-and-i-used/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

> [The fundamental human truth underpinning 'Ox Mountain Death Song' is that men so very often turn into their fathers. The way that everything gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/the-fundamental-human-truth-underpinning-ox-mountain-death-song-is/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

> [I think journalism is useful training for a writer in the way it takes the preciousness out of the pragmatic side of the craft.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/i-think-journalism-is-useful-training-for-a-writer-in-the-way-it/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

> [“And the view was suddenly clear to me. The world opened out to its grim beyonds and I realized that, at forty, one must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/and-the-view-was-suddenly-clear-to-me-the-world-opened-out-to-its/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

> [The short story is a very natural mode of storytelling; most stories can be told quickly. I always think of them as like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/the-short-story-is-a-very-natural-mode-of-storytelling-most-stories/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

> [I don't quite operate within the realist mode. I kind of push the stories out towards the cusp of believability - that's the area…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/i-don-t-quite-operate-within-the-realist-mode-i-kind-of-push-the/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

> [I was writing fiction in my 20s but in a pretty undisciplined way - late at night, maybe, after I'd peeled myself from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/i-was-writing-fiction-in-my-20s-but-in-a-pretty-undisciplined-way/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

> [I have been as influenced by music and films as by books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/i-have-been-as-influenced-by-music-and-films-as-by-books/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

> ['City of Bohane' has been optioned for film, and I've finished a first draft of the script.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/city-of-bohane-has-been-optioned-for-film-and-i-ve-finished-a-first/)

[Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/)

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