I Think I'm Less The Writer Than

It's Great People Still Care About Books, And It's Great You Can Still Fashion A Life From Literature.

I Read Nietzsche When I Was A Teenager And Then I Went Back To Reading Him When I Was In My Thirties, And His Voice Spoke Directly To Me. Nietzsche Is Such A Superb Literary Artist.

The White May Blossom Swooned Slowly Into The Open Mouth Of The Grave.

I Live In Dublin, God Knows Why. There Are Greatly More Congenial Places I Could Have Settled In - Italy, France, Manhattan - But I Like The Climate Here, And Irish Light Seems To Be Essential For Me And For My Writing.

The Booker Prize Is A Big, Popular Prize For Big, Popular Books, And That's The Way It Should Be.