I learned my "facts of life" on toilet walls. I'd walk up in school bathrooms and there would be crude drawings and figures engaged in sex. That's how I learned.

I was reared a Catholic but I think every day we ask ourselves, not consciously, what are we doing on this planet? What's it all about?

But, you know, there's still an argument, there's still ten states that outlaw premarital sex, and many more states where adultery is still outlawed and a crime.

Northern Ireland is the world’s best kept secret, both in the character of its people and its scenery.

The putting on of vestments and lighting candles, it's a wonderful ritual that never changes from one Mass to another.

The population of America is roughly 300 million and there are 300 million guns in this country, which is terrifying.

I certainly notice the vitality in Belfast, which wasn't there in the Seventies. There was a war going on then. Now there are cranes everywhere. There really is a sense of renewal and hope.