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“Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”

“He is a literary genius. Also the most nonjudgmental decent guy. He forgives.”

On his brother Frank
The New York Times interview (1998)
Context: He's an amazing man … When he was 12, one of our schoolmasters said: "My boy, you are a literary genius. My strong suggestion is to go to America. They will appreciate you there." Over the years I've read what he's written that never got published, and I always said it still holds. He is a literary genius. Also the most nonjudgmental decent guy. He forgives.

“I left school at age 16. I was illiterate with no role models. The great psychobabble today is the dysfunctional family. Well, I've never met one that was functional. In Limerick, a family that was dysfunctional was one who could afford to drink but didn't.
I had the taste of the alcohol since I was 11 … It allowed me to be clever, charming and to behave outrageously. Acting also allowed me not to be me. So I could indulge every fantasy in this paradise of America.”

Malachy McCourt

The New York Times interview (1998)

“Cute in Ireland meant cunning and devious … And I'm not sure that I'm not.”

Malachy McCourt

The New York Times interview (1998)