272 Quotes by Frank McCourt

I think there's something about the Irish experience - that we had to have a sense of humor or die.

The uncluttered life is the key to a good memory.

Every life is a mystery. There is nobody whose life is normal and boring.

I'm a late bloomer.

The part of Limerick we lived in is Georgian, you know, those Georgian houses. You see them in pictures of Dublin.

At 66, you're supposed to die or get hemorrhoids.

I became a teacher all right. I wanted to become a teacher because I had a misconception about it. I didn't know that I'd be going into - when I first became a high school teacher in New York, that I'd be going into a battle zone, and no one prepared me for that.

For some reason, I had a responsibility to my family and the people who lived around me. I felt that I had to convey their dignity - the way they dealt with adversity and poverty - and their good humor.

We were supposed to stay over in Boston, but when Scribners heard I'd won the Pulitzer, they told me to get on a plane - that Katie Couric wanted my body. And when Katie Couric wants your body, you get moving right away.