"There are huge creative advantages in having huge chunks of time when no one can find you. Emails and phones have diluted the experience of travel."
"I like reading in a pub rather than a library or study, as it's generally much easier to get a drink."
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Source: Pete McCarthy (2014). “McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland”, p.258, Macmillan
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