When I was a professor at the University of Austin in Texas, it had such a luxurious swimming–pool that one end had a raised ledge in the water specifically so you could drag a deckchair in and lie on it and read. But the problem is that the students are all so young and the thing with Americans is that when they're fit, they are so fit. So you feel like someone's granny pottering about in the slow lane.

World of Colm Tóibín, writer, The Daily Telegraph (27 February 2012)

World of Colm Tóibín, writer - Telegraph