Yes, but also one of the problems for a novelist in Ireland is the fact that there are no formal manners. I mean some people have beautiful manners but there's no kind of agreed form of manners.
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Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.
Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.
Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.
Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.
Civility is not simply about manners.
Yes... I miss that everyone in Ireland tries to knock some humour out of every situation. I don't think I appreciated that. It's unique to Ireland.
Manners are love in a cool climate.
Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers.