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.

Sometimes adults seem as though they have cut a chord from being a child.

When I'm writing I just think there's only the page and me and nobody else.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

Channel 4 are a great bunch of people to work with and the crew are lovely. Working at ITV was like being in the court of Caligula.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.