Joseph O'Neill Quotes

Joseph O'Neill
Irish Novelist
Born: 1964
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I think you sense the metaphorical resonance of what you're writing without analysing it too carefully. That leads you down dead ends. You stop imagining things and start writing towards these themes. Joseph O'Neill
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You want a novel to tap as directly as possible into your most unspeakable preoccupations. And in America, in particular, cricket is pretty unspeakable. Joseph O'Neill
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I'm completely cricketed out. If I never have to write another word about cricket again, I'll be a happy man. Joseph O'Neill
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I think if you're writing about cricket, you're obviously writing about power, because cricket is such a loaded sport, much more so than soccer. Joseph O'Neill
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It used to be the case that for an Irishman to come to the U.S. involved a perilous journey on a ship. It involved singing lots of songs before you left saying goodbye, and once you were in the U.S., it involved singing lots of songs about how you were never going to set foot in Ireland again. Joseph O'Neill
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I certainly want to continue to write in a way that's intimate. I love books where you feel you're having a romance with the writer. Joseph O'Neill
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Novel-writing is a bit like deception. You lie as little as you possibly can. That's the way I do it, anyway. Joseph O'Neill
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