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Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle
Irish Novelist
Born: May 8, 1958
Because Books Me People World You
Related authors: Elizabeth Bowen Frank Delaney George A. Moore James Joyce John Banville Laurence Sterne Maeve Binchy Robert Graves
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
Time Job Myth Big Incredibly Sold Sexy Dreary Con Most Well Because Dublin Dump Place Little
When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't pay any attention to what was happening in the outside world, because really, Ireland was the center of the universe. And I don't think that's the case anymore. Although, admittedly, it is the center of the universe. Roddy Doyle
You Speak World Pay Think Universe Kid Admittedly Case Outside Outside World Attention Although Because Ireland Irish Any Anymore Wanted Gaelic Happening Center Really Games Played
I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do. Roddy Doyle
Work Any Want
When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did. Roddy Doyle
You System Exam Write Allow Never Up Did Fiction Growing Growing Up
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 given the world in the last 20 years, you can do it on one hand. Roddy Doyle
Great You Musicians You Can Do It World Given Count Answer Does Been Years Hand Ireland Produce Asked Many Why Last
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
You Man Age Old Before Something Never Like Sound Doing Done Going Lovely Old Man
Sometimes adults seem as though they have cut a chord from being a child. Roddy Doyle
Sometimes Though Seem Adult Child Being Cut Chord
It's great meeting children because you never know what they will say. Roddy Doyle
Great You Will Meeting Say Never Know Because Children
Some of the people who look the most normal are probably the maddest people trying to look normal. Roddy Doyle
People Some Look Most Normal Trying Who
Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day. Roddy Doyle
Day Nine Days Hours Most Working Desk
The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times. Roddy Doyle
Problem Burden Back Having Irish Times Being The Problem With Your
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
Good Experience Way Out Indignity Because Go Just Just Because Story Might Meat
I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires. Roddy Doyle
Enjoy Books Vampires About Written Like Well Gothic Well-Written Fiction Zombies
My parents were sixty years married. Roddy Doyle
Parents Married Were Years Sixty
It's hard for me to measure them, or to assess my books because I'm so close to them. Roddy Doyle
Me Books Because Close Them Hard Measure Assess
When I'm writing I just think there's only the page and me and nobody else. Roddy Doyle
Me Writing Think Else Only Nobody Nobody Else Just Page

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