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 hope there's some kind of morality in all my work.

I think as a writer you never have to flee from fame because you're not that visible in the first place, but, after the Broadway success of 'Beauty Queen,' people were coming up to me all the time, and I wasn't really prepared for that level of attention.

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

Though it may not seem like it, I never try to write about a place, per se; it's always, first and last, about story. Story is everything. Story and a bit of attitude.

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.

When you've got good actors, they're going to come up with good stuff, but you're never quite sure how the dynamics are going to work between them.