I've never experienced writer's block. When it's going really well, my body temperature goes up, and I'm flushed. I get quite delirious. M. J. Hyland blockbodydelirious Change image and share on social
I have been obscenely lucky. I've got most of the things I've asked for and done well at the things I've wanted to succeed at. M. J. Hyland askhavelucky Change image and share on social
I grew up in a bookless house with a father and brother who have spent most of their lives in prison, psychiatric hospitals, or living rough, and a mother who has spent her life slaving and scrimping to pay the bills, living a nervous and troubled life. M. J. Hyland billbooklessbrother share on social
I might live in Manhattan or Edinburgh or Cardiff. I think of myself as without nationality. M. J. Hyland cardiffedinburghlive Change image and share on social
Life is ruthless, and its bestowal of fortune arbitrary and capricious. I'd been born to morons, and mine was a shabby life. M. J. Hyland arbitrarybearbestowal Change image and share on social
Law gave me some structure... all these rules and internal disciplines. M. J. Hyland disciplinegiveinternal Change image and share on social
Before MS moved in on me, I'd worked for seven years as a city lawyer, as the editor of a literary magazine, and before the age of 20, I'd also worked as a cadet journalist and as an assistant director in both film and TV. And then, after the lesions of MS, both on my spine and in my brain, I was the opposite of bionic. M. J. Hyland ageassistantbionic share on social
I get into all sorts of trouble with my publicists and with newspapers because I won't do photographs. M. J. Hyland newspaperphotographpublicist Change image and share on social
I've just finished reading 'The Second Plane,' and I think it's some of the best non-fiction I've ever read. M. J. Hyland fictionfinishhave Change image and share on social
I was the first and only person in my family to go to university, and I spent two decades redesigning myself: even my voice is the product of elocution lessons. M. J. Hyland decadeelocutionfamily Change image and share on social