Rest your eyes and then read till they fall out of your head.

— Frank McCourt

Sit and quiet yourself. Luxuriate in a certain memory and the details will come. Let the images flow. You'll be amazed at what will come out on paper. I'm still learning what it is about the past that I want to write. I don't worry about it. It will emerge. It will insist on being told.

— Frank McCourt

Stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it.

— Frank McCourt

Stock your mind, stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it.

— Frank McCourt

Teaching is bringing the news.

— Frank McCourt

That's what kept us going - a sense of absurdity, rather than humor.

— Frank McCourt

The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher.

— Frank McCourt

The master says it’s a glorious thing to die for the Faith and Dad says it’s a glorious thing to die for Ireland and I wonder if there’s anyone in the world who would like us to live.

— Frank McCourt

There's nothing sillier in the world than a teacher telling you don't do it after you already did it.

— Frank McCourt

There's something hostile about the way they enter and leave the room that tells you what they think of you. It could be your imagination, and you try to figure out what will bring them over to your side. You try lessons that worked with other classes, but even that doesn't help, and it's because of that chemistry. They know when they have you on the run. They have instincts that detect your frustrations.

— Frank McCourt