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I like Ireland because it means I'm near France.

I live in Dublin, God knows why. There are greatly more congenial places I could have settled in - Italy, France, Manhattan - but I like the climate here, and Irish light seems to be essential for me and for my writing.

If Northern Ireland had better weather, it would be like New Zealand. It's an immensely beautiful country.

I think Amsterdam is to Holland what New York is to America in a sense. It's a metropolis, so it's representative of Holland, but only a part of it - you know, it's more extreme, there's more happening, it's more liberal and more daring than the countryside in Holland is.

I love Ireland. I feel very at peace there. It's just magical and beautiful.

You are not speaking for yourself, but for Ireland.

Dublin dwindles so beautifully; there is no harsh separation between it and the country. It fades away, whereas London seems to devour the country; an army of buildings come and take away a beautiful park, and you never seem to get quite out of sight of a row of houses.

I was happy in Dublin because it is very cosmopolitan.

I can't say enough about Ireland. I can't. I'd move there.

Ireland. Great for the spirit - very bad for the body.