I wanted to show off - a simple impulse or drive; in much the same way as some kids wanted to play football, I wanted to show off. Not complicated in that sense, very natural; it just depends on how you want to show off. Dylan Moran complicatedependdrive share on social
I'd be hard-pressed to think of anybody who's made me laugh, who's funny, but who's also relentlessly positive. Dylan Moran funnyhardlaugh Change image and share on social
A lot of the fiction I read growing up was post-war American, and not all of it centers on Manhattan, but around people of the Mad Men generation, people like John Cheever and, in more modern times, Don DeLillo, who I always mention. Dylan Moran americancentercheever share on social
I've been writing since I was very young, even before I was a teenager. As far as I'm concerned, I am a writer - whether my writing's spoken or written in a blog, paper, book or printed on the side of a submarine. Dylan Moran blogbookconcern share on social
The East is very mysterious to Westerners. Even post-Cold War, it's still an unknown entity. Dylan Moran coldeastentity Change image and share on social
I'm very drawn to Eastern Europe, so I like a Hungarian writer who wrote in French called Emil Cioran; he was always good for giving me such a stir. Dylan Moran callciorandraw Change image and share on social
I draw hundreds and hundreds of pictures of sort of gnarly looking men, so I don't know what that tells you. People who look like... they're waiting for a sandwich that's never going to come. I don't know what's wrong with me. Dylan Moran drawgnarlyhundred share on social
I actually very rarely see comedy myself, and although I admire the work of some comics, it does come from all over, so I'll get a charge out of some fiction writers and poets. Dylan Moran admirechargecomedy Change image and share on social
I'm really not big on nationalism, to be honest with you. I really don't think it gets people anywhere except near a pile of dead bodies. I'm Irish, yeah, but I don't need to get up on a soapbox about it. Dylan Moran bigbodydead share on social
America is this incredible mosaic of immigrants, so people really want to be anchored in some kind of culture as well as the one they are living in. Dylan Moran americaanchoreculture Change image and share on social