Patrick Kavanagh

Young writers should keep out of pubs and remember that the cliche way of the artistic life is a lie.

Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.

A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men.

Wherever I went, crowds appeared again, and I started making solo albums for the first time in my career.

Sometimes people ask, 'Does writing make you happy?' But I think that's beside the point. It makes you agitated, and continually in a state where you're off balance. You seldom feel serene or settled.