“Memory implies that there is some static time and place you can go back to, whereas if you relive it by trying to put yourself back in that context, its more nuanced, less black and white. More traumatic, but also more exciting. When I knew I had to write about things that would be painful, I put off doing it for ages. But then eventually the fear of not doing it becomes greater than the fear of doing it.” IfsWritingTryingWould BeAgeBlackMemoriesWhiteGreaterExcitingPainfulBlack And WhiteStatic Author:Damian Barr
“The hardest bits of my book to read were the easiest bits to write because they were the most immediate. Probably because I had never stopped thinking about them on some level. Those bits I was just channelling and those were the most exciting writing days. The bits I found harder were the bits that happen in between, you know, the rest of living. There were whole years, whole houses, that I just got rid of.” ThinkingKnowsWritingYearsBookWholeHappensFoundHouseBitsLevelsExcitingHarderHardestWhole Year Author:Damian Barr
