About Quote by John Boyne

I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay. But…

— John Boyne

Despite being from Ireland, I've always avoided writing about it, for two reasons. For a very small country, Ireland has produced an astonishing number…

— Maggie O'Farrell

I'm very keenly aware that there aren't very many women writing literary fiction in Ireland and so that gives me a sense that what…

— Anne Enright

A straight writer can write a gay novel and not worry about it, and a gay novelist can write about straight people.

— Edmund White

I don't think of gay writers. I mean if you were to say to me who are the straight writers, well, you wouldn't ask…

— Joe Mantello

“If it's well written, even an obscene book cannot be immoral. John McGahern, Galway, October 6th 2003. "Acclaimed as the most important Irish novellist…

— John McGahern

On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many…

— Paul Muldoon

There is an enormous pressure placed on gay novelists because they are the only spokespeople. The novelist's first obligation is to be true to…

— Edmund White

I am a gay writer, absolutely. And in no way does that fact limit the reach or importance of what I write.

— Garth Greenwell

My readers are 90 percent gay, and it's who I write for. I am not here to entertain straight people.

— Sarah Schulman

Irish writing is so strong that it can feel like the country has all been covered, but in fact, there are so many gaps.…

— Kevin Barry

As far as Irish writers being great, I think the fact that there have been two languages in Ireland for a very long time;…

— Garry Hynes