I’m completely cricketed out. If I never have to write another word about cricket again, I’ll be a happy man. Joseph O'Neill Read Quote
I think you sense the metaphorical resonance of what you’re writing without analysing it too carefully. That leads you down dead ends. You stop imagining things and start writing towards these themes. Joseph O'Neill Read Quote
I think if you’re writing about cricket, you’re obviously writing about power, because cricket is such a loaded sport, much more so than soccer. Joseph O'Neill Read Quote
There may well be writers who roll up their sleeves and say, ‘I’m going to write a post-9/11 novel’ but I wasn’t one of those. Joseph O'Neill Read Quote
If I never have to write another word about cricket again, I’ll be a happy man. Joseph O'Neill Read Quote
I went to an international school in Holland, and I didn’t have any memories of growing up in the United States or England or any of these places which other novelists are able to write about in relation to their childhoods. Joseph O'Neill Read Quote
I certainly want to continue to write in a way that’s intimate. I love books where you feel you’re having a romance with the writer. Joseph O'Neill Read Quote
