It’s hard for me to measure them, or to assess my books because I’m so close to them. Roddy Doyle Read Quote
I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems to be the time to stop. Roddy Doyle Read Quote
When I started writing full time I had not long stopped being a teacher and when at last I had a full day to write, I would put music on and wonder to myself – am I allowed to do this? Then I thought: ‘I am control of this and no one is telling me what I can do.’ Roddy Doyle Read Quote
I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires. Roddy Doyle Read Quote
No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isn’t yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words. Roddy Doyle Read Quote
I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn’t a part of a novel that will stand by itself and should be concentrated. Roddy Doyle Read Quote
