I would say the next imminent hot writers are often the writers from the decade before you were born.

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.

There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.

And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation.

The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity.

Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.

Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while.

Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams from that can only be positive.

I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

I think I would have a very good relationship with many foreign leaders.

I'm living three dreams: Biggie Smalls', Dr. King, Rodney King's. Cause we can't get along, no resolution? 'Til we drown all these haters... Rest in peace to Whitney Houston

I suppose at some point, we all have to decide which memories - real or otherwise - to hold on to, and which ones to let go.

Writing ... is practically the only activity a person can do that is not competitive.

Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained.

A husband is a man who two minutes after his head touches the pillow is snoring like an overloaded omnibus.

Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware.

I don't prefer to fill my body with antibiotics, pesticides, steroids, and growth hormones - my body is my temple, and I treat it as such.