"I was first in Sydney in 1993, and……" — Colm Toibin
"I was first in Sydney in 1993, and have been a few times since then. For someone who didn't know Australia, it came as a shock how intelligent, interesting and funny the people were. If I lived there I might see it differently, but as a visitor it was a lot of fun."
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49 Quotes by Colm Toibin
Colm Toibin has 49 quotes on this site.
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I do not know why it matters that I should tell the truth to myself at night, why it should…
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I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult, and this means,…
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All writing is a form of manipulation, of course, but you realize that a plain sentence can actually do so…
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Anyone who works in the arts knows, if you're writing a novel or a play or anything, you have to…
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Between the ages of 8 and 12 it was difficult to know what my father was saying, and he moved…
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I have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second.
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I live in words. I like looking at things, but I don't have a strong visual imagination.
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I suppose one should have an integrated personality, but I've never really seen the point.
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I think fiction lends itself to messiness rather than the ideal, and plays well with the ironies surrounding what happens…
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I think you can get a sort of intensity and an edginess offering nine stories in a book. Competing versions…
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I wrote every day between the ages of 12 and 20 when I stopped because I went to Barcelona, where…
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It is important to find a publisher and equally important not to be noticed until your third or fourth book.
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There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out of the city and relax. I…
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There's not a long, entrenched tradition of theatergoing in Australia.
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If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia.
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I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia.
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Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding…
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It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia.
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For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection,…
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