Everybody in my family were great storytellers. My dad and his brothers would just go on and on; they could tell amazing stories. I think it was something to do with the Celtic, oral storytelling tradition. People very much had that propensity towards telling tales.
タグ: tradition, people, great, family

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'Ulysses' is like a big box of tricks that you can dive into. Each time you read it, you find something new.
タグ: like, new, time, you
'True Detective' was the last show I got crazy about, with its 'Silence of the Lambs'-style landscape and those strip mall badlands of America.
タグ: america, true, crazy, silence
I'm always watching people over a short time frame, putting them in an extreme position. Sometimes you don't see the humanity in a person because the time frame is so short and the circumstance so extreme.
タグ: humanity, people, time, you
It's really odd that I've got this kind of sullen reputation - I never saw myself that way.
タグ: reputation, way, never, myself
I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.
タグ: think, research, business, you
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