When you grow up on an island, what matters is how you stand to the sea.

The best way to reveal a character is to get them to open their mouths.

Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.

The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.

Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's part of any endeavour, not just writing.

When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't pay any attention to what was happening in the outside world, because really, the - Ireland was the center of the universe. And I don't think that's the case anymore, although, admittedly, it is the center of the universe.

I like naming characters.