Roddy Doyle Quotes

Roddy Doyle — Irish Novelist born on May 08, 1958,

Roddy Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of ten novels for adults, seven books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha... (wikipedia)

When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did.

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.

Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.

I'm going to sound like an old man but at my age, it's lovely doing something that you've never done before.

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.