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.

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency.

I'm thankful I don't have parents that I feel I need to get their attention. They've always been there for me.

I write about the men you want to read about but don't necessarily want to be married to.