I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes childhood happy irish
An English journalist called Michael Viney told me when I was 25, that I would write well if I cared a lot what I was writing about. That worked. I went home that day and wrote about parents not understanding their children as well as we teachers did, and it was published the very next week. Maeve Binchy callcarechild share on social
I'm particularly fond of boned chicken breasts with a little garlic under the flesh and cooked in a casserole for 40 minutes with a jar of olives, some cherry tomatoes and a spoonful of olive oil. Maeve Binchy bonbreastcasserole Change image and share on social
Success is not like a cake that needs to be divided. It's more like a heap of stones - a cairn. If someone is successful, they add a stone to the cairn. It gets very high and can be seen from all over the world. That's how I see it. Maeve Binchy addcairncake share on social
I am happy to the spokeswoman for this French youth that tomorrow will be spearhead new hope in the shape of the National Front. Marion Marechal-Le Pen frenchfronthappy Change image and share on social
I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim. Juno Temple childhooddressfancy Change image and share on social
But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible. Anne McCaffrey cadencechangefullness Change image and share on social