Wow this place is really big isn't it? They must do proper stuff here, like opera and all that...shite.

I don't want to do the same thing over and over again.

The East is very mysterious to Westerners. Even post-Cold War, it's still an unknown entity.

I'm a quitter. I come from a long line of quitters. It's amazing I'm here at all.

I have a very low level of recognition, which is fine by me.

He could dismiss several schools of philosophy by shifting slightly in his chair or toting his whisky glass.

As an Irish person, there's a historical fascination with America: America is the default green and promised land for Irish people and Italians; that's what we grow up with.