Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it. Edna O'Brien recollectionservantsimply Change image and share on social
Writers really live in the mind and in hotels of the soul. Edna O'Brien hotellivemind Change image and share on social
I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women. Edna O'Brien buildcompetitionfriend Change image and share on social
I am obsessive, also I am industrious. Besides, the time when you are most alive and most aware is in childhood and one is trying to recapture that heightened awareness. Edna O'Brien aliveawareawareness Change image and share on social
My hand does the work and I don't have to think; in fact, were I to think, it would stop the flow. It's like a dam in the brain that bursts. Edna O'Brien brainburstdam Change image and share on social
I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt. Edna O'Brien catholicguilticeberg Change image and share on social
Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire. Edna O'Brien bristlecountryemotional Change image and share on social
In every question and every remark tossed back and forth between lovers who have not played out the last fugue, there is one question and it is this: 'Is there someone new?' Edna O'Brien backfuguelover Change image and share on social
The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed. Edna O'Brien armmeanvote Change image and share on social
