Ireland Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

“A man with an Irish accent could sound wise and poetic and interesting even when he wasn’t.”

— Kate Atkinson

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

In the country places of Ireland, writing is held in certain awe: a writer was a dangerous man from whom they instinctively recoiled.

— Patrick Kavanagh

I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer.

— Maeve Binchy

I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland.

— Fiona Shaw

“The lively oral storytelling scene in Scots and Gaelic spills over into the majority English-speaking culture, imbuing it with a strong sense of narrative…

— Sara Sheridan

“I was beginning to understand how the Irish mentality worked. The more foolish, illogical or surreal one's actions were perceived t be (and mine…

— Tony Hawks

Ireland is a wonderful place to write in. Even although the atmosphere was so Faith-laden that I was often worried that I was not…

— Nancy Spain

I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore…

— Anne Enright

I think most Irish people are creative. Whether it's music, or dance, or... certainly storytelling is in the blood.

— Genevieve O'Reilly

“We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.”

— Oscar Wilde

“posit by W. B. Yeats: “Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.”

— Anonymous