Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyleis an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of ten novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth8 May 1958
children cutting adults
Sometimes adults seem as though they have cut a chord from being a child.
nine hours desks
Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day.
problem burden being-irish
The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.
years parent married
My parents were sixty years married.
want novel feels
My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.
dream nice
Dreaming was only nice while it lasted.
growing-up dark differences
It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day.
honesty hands lines
She'd tried her hand at most things, but drew the line at honesty.
school writing endeavour
Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's part of any endeavour, not just writing.
want
I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.
writing ideas stories
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.
suicide photograph favourite
Do not place a photograph of your favourite author on your desk, especially if the author is one of the famous ones who committed suicide.
family dog thinking
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.
character fiction glorious individual literary matter room screen walking walks whereas word
When you are writing for fiction everything is in each word and each individual word is a literary decision, whereas if you are writing for the screen and you have a character walking into a room it is because she walks into the room: it doesn't matter if it isn't glorious literature.