“The family trees of the poor don't grow to any height.”
Source: A Star Called Henry
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Famous Roddy Doyle Quotes
Source: The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
Source: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Source: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Source: The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
Source: Paula Spencer
Source: A Greyhound of a Girl
“We parked our bikes on verges so they could graze.”
Source: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
“It’s the only thing sexier than a sexy woman. A sexy woman cooking fuckin’ sausages.”
Source: Paula Spencer
“Dreaming was only nice while it lasted.”
Source: Paddy Clarke, ha-ha-ha
“It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day.”
Source: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
“She'd tried her hand at most things, but drew the line at honesty.”
“The best way to reveal a character is to get them to open their mouths.”
“Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's part of any endeavour, not just writing.”
“I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires.”
“When I'm writing I just think there's only the page and me and nobody else.”
“I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.”
“My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.”
“When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did.”
“When you grow up on an island, what matters is how you stand to the sea.”
“Sometimes adults seem as though they have cut a chord from being a child.”
“It's great meeting children because you never know what they will say.”
“Some of the people who look the most normal are probably the maddest people trying to look normal.”
“Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day.”
“The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.”
“It's hard for me to measure them, or to assess my books because I'm so close to them.”