Colm Tóibín on his daily routine and the cult of Law School

Colm Tóibín's explained his daily routine to the Irish Times: 


"Breakfast? No! None of that eating rubbish. You get down with an empty stomach. So you create this system of rewards – if you do this, you can have that. Otherwise you’d never get any work done… I take an hour off and work for an hour. And I work until late, six days a week. The other general rule is, no lunch with anybody. That’s an awful waste of time. And I would never drink in the day. Ever."

A person who is nice to you, but who is not nice to the waiter is not a nice person

Having worked in two bars before, one in Belfast and one in Toulouse I can say with confidence that the quote in the picture and in writing below, rings very true. The person who said this remains anonymous to me. I found the picture on Bronagh Waugh's Twitter account (@bronaghwaugh). The quote in full:

"A person who is nice to you, but is not nice to the waiter is not a nice person."