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Life has a funny way of becoming ordinary as soon as it can. Colm Toibin funnylifeordinary Change image and share on social
Between the ages of 8 and 12 it was difficult to know what my father was saying, and he moved very slowly, and then he died. Colm Toibin agediedifficult Change image and share on social
The old Victorian laws against homosexuality were still on the statute books until the early 1990s. As a gay man living in Ireland, I and people like me found it easy to feel less than citizens. Colm Toibin 1990sbookcitizen Change image and share on social
A film is a petrified fountain of thought. Jean Cocteau filmfountainpetrify Change image and share on social
A man of letters never objects to a slum. He sharpens his pen there. George A. Moore lettermanobject Change image and share on social
It's funny because you know the novel process: you get the drafts, you get the galley, and then you get the galley proofs. You have opportunities to change things all along. But the further along in the process you go, the more careful you have to be in making those changes, and the smaller the changes have to be. Greg Rucka carefulchangedraft share on social