Author: 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

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.

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

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

Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.

Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.

- Roddy Doyle

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

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

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

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