Frank McCourt

I'm more interested in writing than in performing. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#interested #more #performing #than #writing

I'm not one of those James Joyce intellectuals who can stand back and look at the whole edifice... It was a slow process for me to just crawl out of it, like a snake leaving his skin behind. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#behind #crawl #edifice #his #i

The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#limit #never #same #sky #twice

My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#before #brooklyn #childhood #here #i

The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#experience #i #i am #interested #main

There's so much absurdity. Poverty is so absurd. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#absurdity #much #poverty

They all went into the bar business. Which was a mistake, because they began to sip at the merchandise and it set them back, set us all back. Well, them more than I. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#bar #because #began #business #i

You feel a sense of urgency, especially at my advanced age, when you're staring into the grave. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#advanced age #age #especially #feel #grave

I've been writing in notebooks for 40 years or so. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#i #notebooks #writing #years

Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#alfie #back #because #came #christmas