Philip Ó Ceallaigh: Writing

Philip Ó Ceallaigh is Irish writer. Explore interesting quotes on writing.

Philip Ó Ceallaigh: 20 quotes 0 likes

“The real writers are tenacious creatures, and they found a way long before there were writers workshops and creative writing courses in the universities. In the absence of formal frameworks, personal initiatives and informal frameworks become more important.”

Philip Ó Ceallaigh

Interview by Tom Vowler (2010-13)

Way , Universe , Personality

“I write to discover something, not so much to set down what I already know. I see ignorance and confusion all around me. I see these things in myself. I'm subject of all kinds of fears and conflicting desires. But one of those desires, the sanest one, is to see through the confusion.”

Philip Ó Ceallaigh

Interview by Tom Vowler (2010-13)

Fear

“I used to write in the Rathmines public library. I was on the dole and living in a bedsit down the road. It was too cold to write at home. I had one of those meters that you had to put 50p into. So I'd go down the library every morning and after lunch to scribble stuff in longhand in the study room there.”

Philip Ó Ceallaigh

Notes from a library bar (2006)

Home , Study

“I meet people who tell me things like, ‘I read your book in two days’. Please don’t do that. These things take me years to write. Slow down. Everything you read, slow down. Reading is our great act of resistance in this age of speed and carelessness.”

Philip Ó Ceallaigh

Interview by Tom Vowler (2010-13)

People , Books , Age , Reading