I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.

I won't work on anyone's else's script. I won't write for anyone else. I write my own stuff and make that when the time is right.

Dublin people think they are the center of the world and the center of Ireland. And they don't realize that people have to leave Ireland to get work, and they look down on people who do.

I realize that I am never going to grow up.

Theatre was an art form that I didn't really respect, and because I wanted to shake it up and do different things on stage, I was able to combine all the things I'd learnt through writing on my own.

When I'm happiest writing is just not knowing where it goes and just let the characters bring you there.

It doesn't feel like you're preaching, if you can say something in a joke.