Certainly Quote by Garry Hynes

I'm very keenly aware that there aren't very many women writing literary fiction in Ireland and so that gives me a sense that what…

— Anne Enright

There are certainly many British plays which go down far better with Dublin audiences than they would in Belfast.

— Ian McElhinney

I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who…

— Chris O'Dowd

The English playwrights of the '50s and '60s didn't really keep writing or getting produced, while the Irish did. There's encouragement for the younger…

— Garry Hynes

There are a lot of women screenwriters, but they are obviously outnumbered by men. And it still is a very much male-dominated industry.

— Elizabeth Meriwether

Throughout Ireland, there's a brilliant community of filmmakers and actors, and I guess there was always a lure to do some work in the…

— Jamie Dornan

I think that we're in a really amazing time, where there are really a lot of really fantastic female actresses and comedians. I imagine…

— Whitney Cummings

There are still so few female directors. There are far fewer writers than we'd like to see.

— Nina Jacobson

I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore…

— Anne Enright

I had great faith in Irish actors, that they'd be hip to the whole theatre thing, and they are. I had no illusions of…

— Christopher Meloni

I'm really aware that in fiction, women are pretty much equal. There's a lot of very successful women novelists. Not so much [for women…

— Emma Donoghue

I think Irish women are strong as horses, incredibly loyal and for the most part, funny, witty, bright and optimistic in the face of…

— Fionnula Flanagan