Joseph O'Neill Quotes

Joseph O'Neill — Irish Novelist born on December 30, 1964,

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I think you sense the metaphorical resonance of what you're writing without analysing it too carefully. That leads you down dead ends. You stop imagining things and start writing towards these themes.

Novel-writing is a bit like deception. You lie as little as you possibly can. That's the way I do it, anyway.

I think if you're writing about cricket, you're obviously writing about power, because cricket is such a loaded sport, much more so than soccer.

I'm completely cricketed out. If I never have to write another word about cricket again, I'll be a happy man.

When I read James Joyce, I'm not really interested in the Dublin of 1904. I'm interested in being in the presence of a voice and a sensibility underpinned by an authenticity which, I think, if you're a good writer, you can extract from the specific details of your own time. I think most writers do hope that their books will be read in ten years.

Joseph O'Neill Quotes

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