Even if I did speak Irish, I’d always be considered an outsider here, wouldn’t I? I may learn the password but the language of the tribe will always elude me, won’t it? The private core will always be ...hermetic, won’t… — Brian Friel Copy Share Image
“...that it is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.” — Brian Friel Copy Share Image
“Yes, it is a rich language, Lieutenant, full of the mythologies of fantasy and hope and self-deception - a syntax opulent with tomorrows. It… — Brian Friel Copy Share Image
“But remember that words are signals, counters. They are not immortal. And it can happen - to use an image you'll understand - it… — Brian Friel Copy Share Image
The Troubles are a pigmentation in our lives here, a constant irritation that detracts from real life. But life has to do with something… — Brian Friel Copy Share Image
People with a culture of poverty suffer much less from repression than we of the middle class suffer and indeed, if I may make… — Brian Friel Copy Share Image
Even if I did speak Irish, I’d always be considered an outsider here, wouldn’t I? I may learn the password but the language of… — Brian Friel Copy Share Image
