• Writing tends to be very deliberate. A novelist could probably run a military campaign with some success. They could certainly run a country.

    Colm Toibin: Writing tends to be very deliberate. A novelist could probably run a military campaign with some success. They could certainly run a country.
    "Colm Tóibín, novelist - portrait of the artist". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2013.