I could not flourish in the Hollywood system because the first thing spoken about is "What genre is it?" and "Who's it for?" It's a very strange question to me; it's for human beings.
Conor McPhersonWe know so little of the why, what the universe is, what infinity is. The veil around us is very fragile.
Conor McPhersonWe're all ordinary in a way. We can all be hurt. We can all be unbalanced. We all have feelings. Life can treat us harshly, even shockingly sometimes.
Conor McPhersonI guess Im attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And its why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for them the stakes are somewhat higher.
Conor McPhersonWhen people are out of their comfort zone, itโs more dramatic, more prone to have more entertaining experiences, get into fights. Thatโs the dramatic instinct, to move people out of what they know and make them deal with it.
Conor McPhersonThe young person isn't certain that love can be real; the middle-aged man is only discovering that it is; and the older person seems so sure of it. I was interested in the way that many of us go through the whole of our lives staying with someone just out of complacency, because leaving isn't easy.
Conor McPherson