I Believed That Old People Never Laughed.

I've Seen A Lot Of People Buy My Books And Then Fall Asleep On The Plane Soon Afterwards.

I Try To Make My Characters Kind Of Ordinary, Somebody That Anybody Could Be. Because We've All Had Loves, Perhaps Love And Loss, People Can Relate To My Characters.

I Had A Very Happy Childhood, Which Is Unsuitable If You're Going To Be An Irish Writer.

I Have Great Family And Good Friends; The Stories I Told Became Popular, And People All Over The World Bought Them.

You Say To Yourself: 'what Could People, In All These Countries, Find In My Books?' And Yet I Think We're All The Same, Anywhere. Everybody Is A Hero Or A Dramatic Person In Their Own Story If You Just Know Where To Look.