Colum McCann Quotes

I don't really know what an adverb is. A dangling participle? That sounds really rude. I don't know what character is, really. Plot seems vaguely juvenile to me. It's all about language, it's all about how you apply it to the page.

Colum McCann

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: February 28, 1965

Topics

CharacterMeLanguageYouPageKnow

Some of the writers I've praised are Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid, Elisabeth George and Minette Walters. Strangely enough, almost all are women.

Stieg Larsson

WomenEnoughAlmostSomePraised

Who am I to say anybody can't do what they want to do and create their own destiny if they believe in something?

Robbie Lawler

DestinyBelieveCreateSayWantOwn

Or the Department of Education and another ministry were worried about duplication of effort, so what did they do? They set up two committees to look into duplication and neither knew what the other was up to. It really is a world beyond parody.

Rory Bremner

EducationEffortWorldLookBeyond

I've been into music for a long time. I started playing drums when I was 8 and piano when I was 10, then bass and guitar when I was 18.

Lukas Haas

MusicTimeGuitarLongLong Time

I'm interested in form, in the shape of things. And in commitment to the degree of never letting go the quest for the meaning of things. That can come off as beauty and style, but that's not where I start from.

Luca Guadagnino

BeautyStyleCommitmentStartGo

I never really gambled - certainly not playing poker. I'd casually bet on a football game or joined a pool.

Jason Gedrick

FootballGamePoolNeverPokerBet

An e-book distributor is not a publisher, but rather a purveyor of work that has already been created.

Jonathan Galassi

WorkBeenRatherCreatedPublisher

I think there are a lot of companies that are staying private longer. Much more of their growth is happening while they are on the private side. So their valuations are hitting $1 billion while they are still private more often.

David Sze

GrowthThinkMoreSideStillMuch

To be more involved and more aware is appealing to me.

Ryan Phillippe

MeMoreInvolvedAwareAppealing

Grumbling is the death of love.

Marlene Dietrich

LoveDeathGrumbling

It's very difficult to marry into another civilization.

Leslie Caron

CivilizationDifficultMarryVery

I have spent a lot of time in Italy throughout my career - especially when I was karting, because it's kind of the world centre of that sport - and I love it.

Lewis Hamilton

LoveTimeWorldCareerKindBecause

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