I can't go too much into my domestic life because there are ex-wives ready to do me in. Frank McCourt domesticlifeready Change image and share on social
My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn. Frank McCourt brooklynchildhoodlimit Change image and share on social
I think I settled on the title before I ever wrote the book. Frank McCourt booksettletitle Change image and share on social
And, of course, they've always condemned dancing. You know, you might touch a member of the opposite sex. And you might get excited and you might do something natural. Frank McCourt condemndanceexcite Change image and share on social
The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher. Frank McCourt experienceinterestmain Change image and share on social
He came to the States in 1963, I think with a view to making up with my mother, but that didn't work. He came for three weeks, and drank his way all over Brooklyn. And went back... I went to his funeral in Belfast. Frank McCourt backbelfastbrooklyn share on social
Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow. Frank McCourt glowhappinesshard Change image and share on social
Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely. Frank McCourt alfiebackchristmas Change image and share on social
I had to get rid of any idea of hell or any idea of the afterlife. That's what held me, kept me down. So now I just have nothing but contempt for the institution of the church. Frank McCourt afterlifechurchcontempt Change image and share on social
First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular experience to take slum life in that period and make something out of it in the form of a book. And then I felt some kind of responsibility to my family. Frank McCourt artisticbookchallenge share on social
