I think with every writer there are two people there.

I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better looking.

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.

A thing well done is worth doing.

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

An Irishman will always soften bad news, so that a major coronary is no more than 'a bad turn' and a near hurricane that leaves thousands homeless is 'good drying weather'.

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