Annan-water Quote by Kate Thompson

“There were always too many hours in the day and never enough in the night.”

— Kate Thompson

I came to writing because I joined the North Clare Writers' Workshop, which met every week at Ennistymon Library.

— Kate Thompson

I've always felt a bit hard done by in England - you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has…

— Kate Thompson

You know yourself, once you've had the excitement of riding thoroughbreds, it's not very interesting riding anything else. But I still love horses; I…

— Kate Thompson

What I tend to get from America is very enthusiastic letters and e-mail from librarians and schoolteachers, the gatekeepers, though I hesitate to use…

— Kate Thompson

I am political. But not politically active. I'm not my dad. I'll never write polemic, as he did.

— Kate Thompson

“The realization had brought with it a sudden stark insight into another kind of glamour. It was quite a long time ago now, but…

— Kate Thompson

“There was no moon, no stars, but even the darkest of nights steals light from somewhere.”

— Kate Thompson

I find it very difficult to say no when I'm in Ireland. You do end up going around doing lots of events and things…

— Kate Thompson

Writers want publicity all the time, and they are always nagging their agents and publishers to give them more publicity, but, when you get…

— Kate Thompson

“It was essential that someone, somewhere, even if it was only the fairy folk, should know that the human race had produced more than…

— Kate Thompson

What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to…

— Kate Thompson