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I think if you've got something to say and you can say it with less, that's the way to go.

— Philip Ó Ceallaigh Notes from a library bar (2006)

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I called the boss a ‘fucker’ one day – not to his face, but it got back to him – so that was the end.

Notes from a library bar (2006)

I was kind of solitary. I'd spend a lot of time on my own, reading books. I didn't integrate very well.

Notes from a library bar (2006)

I don't want to become the kind of writer who's putting out a book every two years. Money is not my primary concern. I've been broke before and I'll do it again.

Notes from a library bar (2006)

Tolstoy's War and Peace is overblown – do yourself a favour and read his Death of Ivan Ilych.

Interview by Tom Vowler (2010)

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