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Dermot Healy
11 quotes
“I rang up this publisher and they asked me what I was doing at the time. I told them I was a house-painter, so first of all they had me come round and paint the place. Only later did they consider my work and Banished Misfortune was published.”
Dermot Healy (1947–2014) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: John O'Mahony (2000). Let the west of the world go by, The Guardian (3 June 2000)
“It is a costly thing living here to fight the erosion. The sea is constantly threatening to cut into the coastline and sweep all this away. Every year we have to haul stones up here to repair the damage and plug the holes. It's a full-time job.”
Dermot Healy (1947–2014) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: John O'Mahony (2000). Let the west of the world go by, The Guardian (3 June 2000)
“[[Franz Kafka|[Kafka]]] taught me a lot about the normal and the abnormal, and the distance between them. [...] He's out there by himself. You get the jump in the feet when you read certain passages by him. That's the mark of truly great writing. It gives you the jump in the feet.”
Dermot Healy (1947–2014) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sean O'Hagan (2011) Dermot Healy: 'I try to stay out of it and let the reader take over, The Observer (3 April 2011)
“The Bible has entered much of my work as have Latin and Greek mythology and verse.”
Dermot Healy (1947–2014) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Penguin Group (2013) A Conversation with Dermot Healy, Penguin US, accessed May 5, 2013
“I often find poems hand written in old abandoned notebooks.”
Dermot Healy (1947–2014) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Penguin Group (2013) A Conversation with Dermot Healy, Penguin US, accessed May 5, 2013
“I'm always fascinated by etymology.”
Dermot Healy (1947–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I know writing is what I do but I still don't see myself as one.”
Dermot Healy (1947–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There isn't any distinction between a reader and a writer – reading is so much a part of it.”
Dermot Healy (1947–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Without the reader there would be no writer.”
Dermot Healy (1947–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm no good at dinner parties. I feel very uneasy at them.”
Dermot Healy (1947–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I like the idea of stopping mid-sentence, like Graham Greene.”
Dermot Healy (1947–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source