Kevin Barry Quotes

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• 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…
• 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,…
• 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…
• I think journalism is useful training for a writer in the way it takes the preciousness out of the pragmatic side of the craft.
• In my very early days as a journalist, as a cub reporter on a local newspaper, I used to cover the district courthouse in Limerick…
• I have been as influenced by music and films as by books.
• 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…
• I go to Spain a lot, in winter, for a blast of sunlight to banish the blues brought on by the Irish greys and drizzle.…
• Irish writing is so strong that it can feel like the country has all been covered, but in fact, there are so many gaps. The…
• I go into my workroom seven mornings a week. There will only be one or two mornings a week where it seems to be going…
• 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.
• Libraries are where we learn that we can live our lives through books.
• The short story is a very natural mode of storytelling; most stories can be told quickly. I always think of them as like a tightrope…

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