Ken Bruen quotes

There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it. (Ken Bruen)
After five awful movies, I admitted failure and said I was not cut out to be an actor. But how many people get a chance to live their dream? View quote
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And so evil flourishes and spreads because decent people don't want to make a fuss. View quote
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The Local Paper here asked that me books be banned........THE HIGHEST PRAISE for an Irish writer. View quote
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Because I've been so bad at looking after myself, how would I ever look after a kid? But the old cliche applied: they handed her to me, and my world turned upside down - and I realised I was now going to be vulnerable in more ways than I expected. View quote
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I had wanted to write English crime novels based on the American hard-boiled style, and for the first two novels about Brixton, the critics didn't actually know I was Irish. View quote
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I'd kill to be a poet. View quote
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Crime fiction is the new rock n' roll. View quote
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I decided to write books, just to prove to myself that I was still alive, if nothing else. View quote
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I committed a cardinal sin as a kid. I never spoke, and my mother thought there was something seriously wrong with me. A silent child is regarded as a problem in Ireland, and I just read all the time. View quote
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The only book in our home was the Bible. My parents forbade books. They thought I needed help because I wanted to be a writer! (Ken Bruen)
My father believed a real man didn't read, and my parents hoped I'd get some sense and find a job in insurance. View quote
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My own life has had so many twists that I keep thinking I'll have one blessing that is not in disguise. View quote
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I always had this notion of a noir novel in Galway. The city is exploding, emigration has reversed, and we are fast becoming a cosmopolitan city. View quote
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We haven't had crime writers, and for a long time in the Republic, we didn't seem to have a crime problem as such. View quote
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Whenever dark things happen in my life, there is always some dark humour. View quote
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