Idioms are a big thing in Ireland. They want to fill the time, to show how good they are at talk - it's a talk-off

I don't know that you're able to measure your aggregate wisdom as you go through life. I can't say that I ever feel that I'm sitting on top of a growing mound of wisdom.

I quite fancy the 1940s. I like the trams and the trousers.

If you covered a broom handle with oil and shoved it up my arse, then put me on a trampoline, in a lift, I could write a better song on the walls.

In my personal life, my family makes me laugh more than anybody; I think that is the same for everybody. I certainly hope it is.

I actually very rarely see comedy myself, and although I admire the work of some comics, it does come from all over, so I’ll get a charge out of some fiction writers and poets.

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