Maeve Binchy: Writing

Maeve Binchy was Irish novelist. Explore interesting quotes on writing.

Maeve Binchy: 20 quotes 0 likes

“(A) writer, a man I loved and he loved me and we got married and it was great and is still great. He believed I could do anything, just as my parents had believed all those years ago, and I started to write fiction and that took off fine. And he loved Ireland, and the fax was invented so we writers could live anywhere we liked, instead of living in London near publishers.”

Maeve Binchy

On Gordon Snell, her husband. irishtimes.com http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0731/1224321158054.html

Love , Parent

“I once tried to write a novel about revenge. It's the only book I didn't finish. I couldn't get into the mind of the person who was plotting vengeance.”

Maeve Binchy

shelf-life.ew.com http://shelf-life.ew.com/2012/07/31/circle-of-friends-author-maeve-binchy-dies/

Books , Revenge , Personality

“I write exactly as I speak, so therefore I would not say any writer influenced me at all.”

Maeve Binchy

When asked about her influences. guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jun/10/maevebinchy