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Roddy Doyle quotes: The problem with being Irish ... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times. The problem with being Irish ... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.
Roddy Doyle quotes: I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk. I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.
Roddy Doyle quotes: I jumped on Sinbad's bottle. Nothing happened. I didn't do it again. Sometimes when nothing happened it was really getting ready to happen I jumped on Sinbad's bottle. Nothing happened. I didn't do it again. Sometimes when nothing happened it was really getting ready to happen
Roddy Doyle quotes: Head in the book. Nose sliding down the valley between the pages. Head in the book. Nose sliding down the valley between the pages.
Roddy Doyle quotes: They were joking, but it was a serious conversation. They were often like that, Mary and her granny, when they were alone together. They were joking, but it was a serious conversation. They were often like that, Mary and her granny, when they were alone together.
Roddy Doyle quotes: It's a big con job. We have sold the myth of Dublin as a sexy place incredibly well; because it is a dreary little dump most of the time. It's a big con job. We have sold the myth of Dublin as a sexy place incredibly well; because it is a dreary little dump most of the time.
Roddy Doyle quotes: We'll cry," she said. "An then we'll stop. Because it's only a house. We'll cry," she said. "An then we'll stop. Because it's only a house.
Roddy Doyle quotes: One day at a time, sweet Jesus. Whoever wrote that one hadn't a clue. A day is a fuckin' eternity One day at a time, sweet Jesus. Whoever wrote that one hadn't a clue. A day is a fuckin' eternity
Roddy Doyle quotes: Mary,' said her mother. 'We don't like sarcasm ' 'You mightn't like it,' said Mary. 'But I love it. Mary,' said her mother. 'We don't like sarcasm '
'You mightn't like it,' said Mary. 'But I love it.
Roddy Doyle quotes: When I'm writing I just think there's only the page and me and nobody else. When I'm writing I just think there's only the page and me and nobody else.
Roddy Doyle quotes: I'm not recognised that much. I'm just a bald man in glasses and there's a rash of them in Dublin. It'd be different if I had a mohican. I'm not recognised that much. I'm just a bald man in glasses and there's a rash of them in Dublin. It'd be different if I had a mohican.
Roddy Doyle quotes: I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do. I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.
Roddy Doyle quotes: It's great meeting children because you never know what they will say. It's great meeting children because you never know what they will say.
Roddy Doyle quotes: If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out there and look at how the world is If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out there and look at how the world is changing.
Roddy Doyle quotes: She was in the book again and, by the time she got to page-turning time again, she'd forgetting I was there. She was in the book again and, by the time she got to page-turning time again, she'd forgetting I was there.
Roddy Doyle quotes: My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do. My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.
Roddy Doyle quotes: I'm going to sound like an old man but at my age, it's lovely doing something that you've never done before. I'm going to sound like an old man but at my age, it's lovely doing something that you've never done before.
Roddy Doyle quotes: I was the ref. I was the ref they didn't know about. Deaf and dumb. Invisible as a wall. I wanted no one to win I was the ref. I was the ref they didn't know about. Deaf and dumb. Invisible as a wall. I wanted no one to win
Roddy Doyle quotes: My parents were sixty years married. My parents were sixty years married.
Roddy Doyle quotes: I had to make sure I kept an eye on the real world. I had to make sure I kept an eye on the real world.
Roddy Doyle quotes: Some of the people who look the most normal are probably the maddest people trying to look normal. Some of the people who look the most normal are probably the maddest people trying to look normal.
Roddy Doyle quotes: I wouldn't go out of my way to experience the indignity of middle-age just because it might be good meat for a story. I wouldn't go out of my way to experience the indignity of middle-age just because it might be good meat for a story.
Roddy Doyle quotes: I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems to be the time to I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems to be the time to stop.
Roddy Doyle quotes: When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did. When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did.
Roddy Doyle quotes: Jesus, she said. -Are you in there at all? -I am, Annie, I told her. -Bursting to get out. Jesus, she said. -Are you in there at all? -I am, Annie, I told her. -Bursting to get out.
Roddy Doyle quotes: It's hard for me to measure them, or to assess my books because I'm so close to them. It's hard for me to measure them, or to assess my books because I'm so close to them.
Roddy Doyle quotes: Terror. That was it. Terror. That was it.
Roddy Doyle quotes: Sometimes adults seem as though they have cut a chord from being a child. Sometimes adults seem as though they have cut a chord from being a child.
Roddy Doyle quotes: It often seemed that the trees were flu of people whisperingespecially tonight. It often seemed that the trees were flu of people whispering
especially tonight.
Roddy Doyle quotes: I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by itself and should be concentrated. I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by itself and should be concentrated.
Roddy Doyle quotes: It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day. It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day.
Roddy Doyle quotes: Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's part of any endeavour, not just writing. Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's part of any endeavour, not just writing.
Roddy Doyle quotes: I like naming characters. I like naming characters.
Roddy Doyle quotes: To claim that music is more important than oxygen would be trite and sentimental. It would also be true. To claim that music is more important than oxygen would be trite and sentimental. It would also be true.
Roddy Doyle quotes: Do ghosts drink tea?They don't, said Tansey. But this ghost would love to see a cup of tea in front of her. It'd be lovely. Do ghosts drink tea?
They don't, said Tansey. But this ghost would love to see a cup of tea in front of her. It'd be lovely.
Roddy Doyle quotes: The best way to reveal a character is to get them to open their mouths. The best way to reveal a character is to get them to open their mouths.
Roddy Doyle quotes: I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires. I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires.
Roddy Doyle quotes: She'd tried her hand at most things, but drew the line at honesty. She'd tried her hand at most things, but drew the line at honesty.
Roddy Doyle quotes: Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day. Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day.
Roddy Doyle quotes: Good ideas are often murdered by better ones. Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.
Roddy Doyle quotes: Dreaming was only nice while it lasted. Dreaming was only nice while it lasted.
Roddy Doyle quotes: The Irish are the niggers of Europe, lads. The Irish are the niggers of Europe, lads.
Roddy Doyle quotes: It's the only thing sexier than a sexy woman. A sexy woman cooking fuckin' sausages. It's the only thing sexier than a sexy woman. A sexy woman cooking fuckin' sausages.
Roddy Doyle quotes: When you grow up on an island, what matters is how you stand to the sea. When you grow up on an island, what matters is how you stand to the sea.
Roddy Doyle quotes: We parked our bikes on verges so they could graze. We parked our bikes on verges so they could graze.

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