6 Quotes by Dermot Healy

Truth is the lie you once told returning to haunt you

When I was 14 or 15, our teacher introduced us to Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities.' It was just for entertainment - we read it aloud - and all of a sudden it became a treasure.

There isn't any distinction between a reader and a writer - reading is so much a part of it.

I write mostly in my office in the shed outside at home, but it can get very cold. I write best on the train, among people. As a writer you spend so much time away from people.

Truth is the lie you once told returning to haunt you.

There is nothing more awkward to look at, said Joejoe, than peasants in suits. They don’t fit into them.