Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed.

Sometimes silence resolves a conversation confused by Mad Misconstruction.

My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play.

We are all the foolishness and all the crimes we did. We're also all the kindnesses we did. I hate to think of life as if we understood time. We don't understand time.

I came down to the living room one day and my wife was standing in the living room. It wasn't an illusion. I saw her out of the corner of my eye. The moment I saw her, she vanished.

The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent.

I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me.