When I wrote 'Before The Dawn,' I made it quite clear that there are lots of people involved in my life who I can't talk about simply because I'd put them at risk.

One man's transparency is another's humiliation.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever.

It might or might not be right to kill, but sometimes it is necessary.

Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfillment.

If you militarise a situation, you beg for an armed response.

When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

Once water charges are in place they will only go up. This has been the history of all these charges

And Rob knew then that he had picked the right person to tell.

The best experience that you can get is not from success but from failure.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

God keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big

If you don't have the best of everything, make the best of everything you have.

I wear the midi because I feel if you're going to look ugly, you may as well look this year's ugly.

Dare to do something worthy of transportation and a prison, if you mean to be anybody.

All writing is a process of elimination.

I remember my dad came from Ireland and Scotland, and so he carried with him the fear of poverty. So when I wanted to break loose, it kind of made him very nervous.

After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a vehicle for allowing me to decide if I wanted to continue in economics.