I think I still get something from the original broadcaster but I'm certainly not aware of any Netflix van driving to my house and unloading a load of cash into my front yard.

What is universal can be surprising. Over time you find the kind of stuff which has people thinking 'That is just something that occurred to me there's something wrong with me', is in fact stuff that is universal.

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

It should not be an act of social disobedience to light a cigarette. Unless you're actually a doctor working at an incubator.

I'm fascinated by how you'll change your position so many times over a lifetime, but really what you're doing is occupying a series of positions on a landscape.

You've a very important, early decision to make in your life: are you going to be alone, or are you going to be with somebody else? Are you going to be sane, or not lonely? A couple is a strange thing; it's an organism that's half as intelligent as the most intelligent member. And you both know who it is!

I’ve always been a big consumer of American journalism over the years and had an interest in the history of it and of the press in America; how it has changed.