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

I'd just like to thank everybody who was involved in the film, especially Brendan Gleeson and Ruaidhrí Conroy. And Ruaidhrí, I'm sorry that you couldn't be here tonight but I hope next time, if they let you into the country.

I never really tell anyone what I'm writing beforehand because I usually don't know what it will be.

It's the periods and the commas that you have to forget about. The words never change, but the intonations change.

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.

My plays are always pushing towards cinema anyway. They're down and dirty, real and more fun.

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