Roddy Doyle

“You have to finish things - that's what you learn from, you learn by finishing things.”

“I had to get a job, and I was a teacher.”

“It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most.”

“Every fuckin' choice is a fuckin' life.”

“The joy of writing is the discovery of something I didn't know I knew.”

“I've seen the future and it's a bald-headed man from New York shouting 'What?' at a Bernard Manning tribute act.”

“Women are all the same; they just have different faces so that you can tell them apart.”

“Your music can be an extension of your instruments, a soundscape.”

“A book is a gift you can open again and again.”

“I think the best stories are about people, and I don't think that's changed.”

“Humour is a great way of engaging people, even if you're talking about something serious.”

“Parenthood is a walk in the park... Jurassic Park.”