tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post7413860308123248779..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: "It would be mad, unnecessary"Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-84063261195768880032009-03-06T21:09:00.000-05:002009-03-06T21:09:00.000-05:00I'm not sure why it would seem inconceivable that ...I'm not sure why it would seem inconceivable that he could be even partly serious. Perhaps most people want to disavow that sort of relationship with writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-72839296458711422712009-03-04T20:58:00.000-05:002009-03-04T20:58:00.000-05:00Faulkner said writing a novel is like being a one-...Faulkner said writing a novel is like being a one-armed man trying to nail together a chicken coop in a hurricane. I wonder if Toibin is either a) kidding b) not trying hard enough c)finds it easy to nail together chicken coops in hurricanes.Paul Devlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05931755750549699626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-54298704498129296292009-03-03T05:15:00.000-05:002009-03-03T05:15:00.000-05:00Julie, I'm not sure Toibin is talking seriously. T...Julie, I'm not sure Toibin is talking seriously. To me it sounds as though he's often sending up the interviewer, albeit subtly.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-64338614772068681202009-03-02T13:34:00.000-05:002009-03-02T13:34:00.000-05:00Oh my god. I feel this way more and more too. In...Oh my god. I feel this way more and more too. In fact, I am deeply suspicious of anyone who says they "love to write."kebubblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16429222731910294697noreply@blogger.com