I read all the time. I was reading a book I admire very much by Alice McDermot called Charming Billy. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes admire alice billy
Everything that we inherit, the rain, the skies, the speech, and anybody who works in the English language in Ireland knows that there's the dead ghost of Gaelic in the language we use and listen to and that those things will reflect our Irish identity. John McGahern deadenglishgaelic share on social
But that private world, once it's dramatised, doesn't live again until it finds a reader. John McGahern dramatisefindlive Change image and share on social
Ireland is a peculiar society in the sense that it was a nineteenth century society up to about 1970 and then it almost bypassed the twentieth century. John McGahern bypasscenturyireland Change image and share on social
'The Dovekeepers' is a fantastic novel written by Alice Hoffman; it was a bestselling novel, and I fell in love with the book and bought the rights to it. Roma Downey alicebestsellingbook Change image and share on social
I like people who don't accept boundaries. Like Florence Nightingale. And Napoleon or Louis XIV, though I'm not sure how much I'd have liked to meet them. I admire people who aren't circumscribed by circumstance. Julian Fellowes acceptadmireboundary share on social
I love Billy Joel. I cry sometimes when I hear 'The Stranger.' 'You May Be Right' may be one of the greatest songs ever written. Adam Pally billycrygreat Change image and share on social