I could have kept [writing "Irish" novels such as Birchwood] and probably had a good deal more success than I did, especially on this side of the Atlantic. But you have to try to do many things. You have to try to do things that you actually think you're incapable of.


Once More Admired Than Bought, A Writer Finally Basks in Success (1990)


I could have kept [writing Irish novels such as Birchwood] and probably had a good deal more success than I did, especially on this side of the...

I could have kept [writing Irish novels such as Birchwood] and probably had a good deal more success than I did, especially on this side of the...

I could have kept [writing Irish novels such as Birchwood] and probably had a good deal more success than I did, especially on this side of the...

I could have kept [writing Irish novels such as Birchwood] and probably had a good deal more success than I did, especially on this side of the...