It`s hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don`t. I`ve written many things in which the characters just remain inert.
Initially with The Butcher Boy, there was this kid growing up in this strange, weird environment that I remember from when I was a kid. And Patrick`s vision was so complete there.
In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a director for hire, so maybe I was putting too much imagery that was familiar to me into it.
I`ve had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in Ireland. I wrote one film script just to see what it would turn out like.
It`s hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don`t. I`ve written many things in which the characters just remain inert.
