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9.
AOTW: Ever wish you were Bono instead of an author?
Jamie O'Neill: I'm all for the good, but Bono --- is that a dog-biscuit?
Máire B. de Paor: No mind you!
Maureen Dezell: Bono? No, though I've occasionally wished I were Mary Robinson.
Martin Roper: It's tiresome enough being me. If I were a musician it would have to be Ray Charles. Or Grace Jones. Yes, I think it would be fun being Ms. Jones.
Eoin Colfer: Every minute of every day. Superfly.
Marita Conlon-McKenna: No, I have never wanted to be Bono. I am filled with admiration for the man and believe U2 are the best band in the world. Talk about pride when you hear them play. Bono is a poet of this generation, a master wordsmith. His words will be long remembered like those of Heaney and Kavanagh and Yeats.
Andrew M. Greeley: Who's Bono?
Mary E. Lyons: I wouldn't mind being Sinead O'Connor. Who is Bono?
Niall Williams: To have that voice. To stand up and get it out in one song.
Emma Donoghue: Frequently. Being an author has, in my experience, very little personal glamour or glory. Instead of throwing your sweat-drenched body into the arms of an ecstatic crowd, as Bono does on a nightly basis, you find yourself taking part in on-line author roundtables.
Morgan Llywelyn: God forbid! (I'll wager he doesn't want to be me, either).
Liam Clancy: As a singer in a popular group, I was once jabbed in the bum by a teenage fan with a long pin. Looking at my blood on the pin she screamed to her friend, "Look! He's real --- he's real!" Writing is safer while you're immersed in the process. When what you've written goes out to the critics and the public --- your chances of being savaged, sued or adored are just about the same as those of a pop star.
Randy Lee Eickhoff: No. Actually, never. I am one of those individuals who prefers the music of Enya and Clannard to U2 --- although I can say that some of Bono's work does have a bit of interest to me. Such as "The Joshua Tree." I am rather eclectic in my musical tastes, but rock is really not a preferred choice for me. I prefer the quite, soothing tonal work of Enya to the rattle and hum of Bono & Co. I do admire the man, though.
Regina McBride: God, yes, I'd like to be a FEMALE Bono. And while we're wishing, I'd like to be twenty years younger and have thousands of young, male adoring fans.
Malachy McCourt: Spelled backwards, Bono is ONOB. So the answer is O NO BONO. He is a grand man but I'd rather be me!
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