“Again and again, I find something eerie in many Irish occasions - the ...” — Tom Paulin Quote

“Again and again, I find something eerie in many Irish occasions - the unrelenting whiteness, the emotional tribal attachments, the violent prejudices lurking beneath apparently pleasant social surfaces, the cosy smugness of belonging.”

“A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines.”

“I wish I could write lyrical poems, but I just write the way they come.”

“Apparently, I said what a lot of people are thinking and a lot of people have thanked me.”

“I do believe that it's something that we don't talk about, but when there are clearly defined gender roles, it is much simpler. Because you don't have to think, which people apparently don't like to do.”

“I always work out of uncertainty but when a painting's finished it becomes a fixed idea, apparently a final statement. In time though, uncertainty returns... your thought process goes on.”