All Roddy Doyle Quotes
- My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do. Feel
- When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did. Allow
- I've been asked why does Ireland produce so many great musicians, and the answer is it doesn't. When you count the great musicians Ireland has… Answer
- When you grow up on an island, what matters is how you stand to the sea. Grow
- Sometimes adults seem as though they have cut a chord from being a child. Adult
- It's great meeting children because you never know what they will say. Children
- I like naming characters. Character
- Some of the people who look the most normal are probably the maddest people trying to look normal. Look
- Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day. Day
- The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times. Burden
- No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isn't yours and, actually,… All
- It's hard for me to measure them, or to assess my books because I'm so close to them. Assess
- My parents were sixty years married. Married
- She's a pot-of-tea-before-I-say-boo-to-you woman. There's always a pile of warm teabags in the sink when I come down, like what a horse would leave behind. Behind
- Dreaming was only nice while it lasted. Dream
- To claim that music is more important than oxygen would be trite and sentimental. It would also be true. Claim
- It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day. Dark
- She'd tried her hand at most things, but drew the line at honesty. Drew
- Ulysses could have done with a good editor. You know people are always putting Ulysses in the top 10 books ever written but I doubt… Always Putting
- I had to make sure I kept an eye on the real world. Eye