Author: 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

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

Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing.

Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing.

- Roddy Doyle

Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.

Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.

- 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

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

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

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