And, of course, they've always condemned dancing. You know, you might touch a member of the opposite sex. And you might get… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
He says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
He says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
I know that big people don't like questions from children. They can ask all the questions they like, How's school? Are you… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
You never know when you might come home and find Mam sitting by the fire chatting with a woman and a child,… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Just let them sit in the goddam sun. But the world won't let them because there's nothing more dangerous than letting old… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those James Joyce intellectuals who can stand back and look at the whole edifice... It was a slow process for… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God's work on their own, who help in the ghettos,… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Just luxuriate in a certain memory, and the details will come. It's like a magnet attracting steel filings. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
They all went into the bar business. Which was a mistake, because they began to sip at the merchandise and it set them back,… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my memory fails me completely. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
A lot of people say writers start losing their powers after 60 or 65. But I look at the best-seller list and see a… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
“When the dark clouds flutter like bats in my head I wish I could open a window and release them.” — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is like mashed potatoes, you can never get enough of him. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
I just have to proceed as usual. No matter what happens, nothing helps with the writing of the next book. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
