Top Author Confess To Love Of Money And Not Writing

One of the world's top authors has admitted to being more interested in the money his books generate than actually writing them.

In a frank interview published in the Manchester Review today Colm Toibin said he received no enjoyment from producing his work.

Asked which of his books he most enjoyed writing, the author replied: "No enjoyment. No, none."

And when asked what he most enjoyed about his life as a writer, Toibin answered: "The money. I never knew there would be money."

The Irish novelist has published six novels, a book of stories and more than ten works of non-fiction.

His book The Blackwater Lightship was shortlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize and the 2001 International IMPAC Dublin Literacy Award.

The Master was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2004 and named in the New York Times top ten books of the year.