Colum McCann
Colum McCann
Colum McCannis an Irish writer of literary fiction. He was born in Dublin, Ireland and now lives in New York. He is a Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing in the Master of Fine Arts program at Hunter College, New York with fellow novelists Peter Carey and Tea Obreht, and has visited many universities and colleges all over the world...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth28 February 1965
CountryIreland
cynicism easy optimist
Cynicism is easy. An optimist is a braver cynic.
two rooms
There is always room for at least two truths.
being-ignored want way
The contemporary American novelist benefits in a way from being ignored. It makes you angrier and makes you want to go into all of those places where you shouldnt.
writing organization association
I write articles, and I do profiles of members of organizations and associations.
pain giving
Pain's nothing. Pain's what you give, not what you get.
book years different
I have different books for different times of the day, let alone different seasons of the year!
heart heaven able
They told me Corrigan smashed all the bones in his chest when he hit the steering wheel. I thought, Well at least in heaven his Spanish chick'll be able to reach in and grab his heart.
clouds west herds
One small cloud, cast out by the herd, limps away to the west.
flight enough reason
The point of flight. To get rid of oneself. That was reason enough to fly.
democracy stories
Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be.
past thinking years
I think one of the biggest political failures, and the biggest social failures, over the past few years has been the failure of empathy; not being able to look at the other person down the street.
silly believe needs
Part of me really wants to believe that hope is entirely available to all of us. We don't have to embrace it. It would be sentimental and silly to say that we all need it, but it is absolutely available to all of us.
order achieve difficulty
Life must pass through difficulty in order to achieve any modicum of beauty.
memories looks clean
One look at each other and it was immediately understood that they both needed a clean slate,,, The obliteration of memory.