“ Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's part of any endeavour, not just writing. Roddy Doyle
“ Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing. Roddy Doyle
“ Mary,' said her mother. 'We don't like sarcasm ' 'You mightn't like it,' said Mary. 'But I love it. Roddy Doyle
“ I was the ref. I was the ref they didn’t know about. Deaf and dumb. Invisible as a wall. I wanted no one to win Roddy Doyle
“ Contact J. Rabbitte, 118, Chestnut Ave., Dublin 21. Rednecks and southsiders need not apply. Roddy Doyle
“ Sometimes, when you were thinking about something, trying to understand it, it opened up in your head without you expecting it to, like it was a soft spongy light unfolding, and you understood, it mad… Roddy Doyle
“ And even the aches and pains that had joined her as she got older--she'd liked them. They were reminders--the back, the knee, the achy wrists--they were even friends: Feel that now, Emer. You're alive… Roddy Doyle
“ One day at a time, sweet Jesus. Whoever wrote that one hadn’t a clue. A day is a fuckin’ eternity Roddy Doyle
“ I jumped on Sinbad's bottle. Nothing happened. I didn't do it again. Sometimes when nothing happened it was really getting ready to happen Roddy Doyle
“ When I started writing full time I had not long stopped being a teacher and when at last I had a full day to write, I would put music on and wonder to myself - am I allowed to do this? Then I thought:… Roddy Doyle
“ Do ghosts drink tea?They don't, said Tansey. But this ghost would love to see a cup of tea in front of her. It'd be lovely. Roddy Doyle
“ It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day. Roddy Doyle
“ Gloria screamed, but nothing came out. She could feel the scream in her throat, but it was clinging there, too scared to climb out of her mouth.Raymond might have screamed, too--he wasn't sure. His fa… Roddy Doyle
