When my father first took me to Ennis Library I went down among the shelves and felt company, not only the company of writers, but the readers too, b…

- Niall Williams

It was as if we were at the heart of a maze. We were overwhelmed by the enormity of the tasks ahead. Mary had given us a bottle of milk and a spoonfu…

- Niall Williams

All writers are waiting for replies. That’s what I’ve learned. Maybe all human beings are

- Niall Williams

Somehow the river is louder when you cover your ears.

- Niall Williams

A truly extraordinary work: vivid, passionate and utterly compelling. The Sound of One Hand Clapping is raw as a wound. It opens a world that is stra…

- Niall Williams

Some people make you feel better about living. Some people you meet and you feel this little lift in your heart, this 'Ah', because there's something…

- Niall Williams

Hope may or may not be a Thing with Feathers. But it’s definitely a Thing with Claws.

- Niall Williams

The world is more outlandish than some people’s imaginations.

- Niall Williams

We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling.

- Niall Williams