Quotes by Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle

Do be kind to yourself. Fill pages as quickly as possible; double space, or write on every second line. Regard every new page as a small triumph. Until you get to page 50. Then calm down, and start worrying about the quality. Do feel anxiety – it’s the job.

Jobs

Space

Writing

Dreaming was only nice while it lasted.

Dream

Nice

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

Book

Vampire

Zombie

I don’t work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.

Want

I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.

Believe

People

Term

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.

Character

Want

Writing

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.

Dog

Family

Thinking

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.

Age

Might

Way

I’m going to sound like an old man but at my age, it’s lovely doing something that you’ve never done before.

Age

Lovely

Men

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.

Hands

Musician

Years

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Adults

Age

Believe

Book

Character

Children

Cutting

Dark

Differences

Dog

Dream

Dublin

Example

Family

Feels

Fiction

Games

Growing Up

Hands

Honesty

Important

Islands

Jobs

Kids

Knows

Lines

Lovely

Lucky

Married

Matter

Meetings

Men

Might

Mouths

Musician

Nice

Novel

Oxygen

Pages

Parent

People

Sexy

Space

Stories

Term

Thinking

Vampire

Want

Way

What Matters

The Future Blueprint

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The Home Therapist: Anti Anxiety

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The Autobiography

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The Behaviour Diary

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Quotes by Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle

Do be kind to yourself. Fill pages as quickly as possible; double space, or write on every second line. Regard every new page as a small triumph. Until you get to page 50. Then calm down, and start worrying about the quality. Do feel anxiety – it’s the job.

Dreaming was only nice while it lasted.

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

I don’t work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.

I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.

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.

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.

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.

I’m going to sound like an old man but at my age, it’s lovely doing something that you’ve never done before.

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.

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