“I live in words. I like looking at things, but I don't have a strong v...” — Colm Toibin Quote

“I live in words. I like looking at things, but I don't have a strong visual imagination.”

“You have to keep writing. It's almost like practice, almost like tennis, that actually after a few days of not writing, first of all it makes you slightly depressed and uneasy, but it also affects the style when you start up again. You need to get the show on the road.”

“History is a way of interpreting, rather than, say, knowing, the past. It is usually a set of disputes between those who have access to the same sources. It depends on ideology as much as voting in an election does.”