Roddy Doyle Quotes - Page 2

• I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by itself and should be concentrated.

  Roddy Doyle

  Writing, Ideas, Stories

  "Commitments" Author Pens Short Goodbyes To Youth". Interview with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. May 21, 2011.

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• The Irish are the niggers of Europe, lads.

  Roddy Doyle

  Europe, Lad

  The Commitments (1987) See James Brown 2

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• My parents were sixty years married.

  Roddy Doyle

  Años, Padre, Casado

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• It's hard for me to measure them, or to assess my books because I'm so close to them.

  Roddy Doyle

  Book, Hard

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

  Roddy Doyle

  Nine, Hours, Desks

  "Book Talk: Roddy Doyle and Irish ghosts". Interview with Pauline Askin, in.reuters.com. May 31, 2012.

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• I like naming characters.

  Roddy Doyle

  Carácter

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• I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems to be the time to stop.

  Roddy Doyle

  Escribir, Carácter, Querer

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• I wouldn't go out of my way to experience the indignity of middle-age just because it might be good meat for a story.

  Roddy Doyle

  Age, Might, Way

  "Commitments" Author Pens Short Goodbyes To Youth". Interview with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. May 21, 2011.

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• Voy a sonar como un viejo, pero a mi edad, es encantador hacer algo que nunca has hecho antes.

  Roddy Doyle

  Men, Lovely, Age

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• Cuando creces en una isla, lo que importa es tu posición frente al mar.

  Roddy Doyle

  Growing Up, What Matters, Islands

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• I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.

  Roddy Doyle

  Desea

  "What keeps Roddy rooted" by Nicci Gerrard, www.theguardian.com. April 15, 2001.

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• I've been asked why does Ireland produce so many great musicians, and the answer is it doesn't. When you count the great musicians Ireland has given the world in the last 20 years, you can do it on one hand.

  Roddy Doyle

  Hands, Years, Musician

  "Sexy Dublin? It's a con" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2004.

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• When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did.

  Roddy Doyle

  Growing Up, Writing, Fiction

  "Roddy Doyle: the joy of teaching children to write" by Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2012.

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• I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires.

  Roddy Doyle

  Book, Zombie, Vampire

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• I wasn't even aware of the Year of the Family. I couldn't give a toss. These things - the year of the family, the year of the three-legged dog. I think it's all trash.

  Roddy Doyle

  Family, Dog, Thinking

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