Roddy Doyle

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

#before #doing #done #going #i

I'm not recognised that much. I'm just a bald man in glasses and there's a rash of them in Dublin. It'd be different if I had a mohican. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#be different #different #dublin #glasses #had

If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out there and look at how the world is changing. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#excuses #get #home #how #look

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

#big #con #dreary #dublin #dump

It's great meeting children because you never know what they will say. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#children #great #know #meeting #never

Some of the people who look the most normal are probably the maddest people trying to look normal. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#most #normal #people #probably #some

Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#days #desk #hours #i #i can

My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#feel #i #i feel #me #novels

My parents were sixty years married. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#parents #sixty #were #years

Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#any #endeavour #failure #just #part