My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I went back to Ireland for a week to look at the old homestead.

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I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it...

I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it...

I'm only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination...

I'm only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination...

In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old.

In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old.

I was not typical. Whatever typical or normal is, I was somehow separated and different.

I was not typical. Whatever typical or normal is, I was somehow separated and different.

I remember my mother finding mud somehow and putting it on the sting.

I remember my mother finding mud somehow and putting it on the sting.

I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's...

I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's...

I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing...

I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing...

I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems.

I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems.

It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm...

It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm...

My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be...

My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be...

I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I...

I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I...

When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and...

When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and...

The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.

The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.

On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came...

On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came...

To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish...

To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish...

Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out...

Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out...

When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.

When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.

As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari.

As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari.