Author: Colm Toibin

Quotes

Three of my novels and a good number of my short stories are told from the point of view of men. I was brought up in a house of women.

Three of my novels and a good number of my short stories are told from the point of view of men. I was brought up in a house of women.

- Colm Toibin

The best thing about New York is working late into the night. At 1 in the morning on a Saturday, to be still working, there's an immense satisfaction in being enclosed by it.

The best thing about New York is working late into the night. At 1 in the morning on a Saturday, to be still working, there's an immense satisfaction in being enclosed by it.

- Colm Toibin

I feel just fine about ignoring or bypassing the rights of people I have known and loved to be rendered faithfully, or to be left in peace, and out of novels.

I feel just fine about ignoring or bypassing the rights of people I have known and loved to be rendered faithfully, or to be left in peace, and out of novels.

- Colm Toibin

Life has a funny way of becoming ordinary as soon as it can.

Life has a funny way of becoming ordinary as soon as it can.

- Colm Toibin

I wrote every day between the ages of 12 and 20 when I stopped because I went to Barcelona, where life was too exciting to write.

I wrote every day between the ages of 12 and 20 when I stopped because I went to Barcelona, where life was too exciting to write.

- Colm Toibin

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