Colm Toibin Quotes

The novel space is a pure space. I'm nobody once I go into that room. I'm not gay, I'm not bald, I'm not Irish. I'm not anybody. I'm nobody. I'm the guy telling the story, and the only person that matters is the person reading that story, the target. It's to get that person to feel what I'm trying to dramatize.

Colm Toibin

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What I felt was, if you spend your life just writing fiction, you are going to falsify your material. And the fictional form was going to force you to do things with the material, to dramatize it in a certain way. I thought nonfiction gave one a chance to explore the world, the other world, the world that one didn't know fully.

V. S. Naipaul
- Life
- World
- Writing
When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.

Daisaku Ikeda
- Hope
- Energy
- Light
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

Paramahansa Yogananda
- Yourself
- Find
- Easy
Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.

Sam Harris
- Work
- Religious
- Critical
You can't deny RCA's past and its history. I was also on Capitol Records, so I have that past history.

Garth Brooks
- History
- Past
- You
I personally don't think you should ever date someone you work with, will work with, etc. I won't ever date an actor.

Gage Golightly
- Work
- Think
- Actor