I'm Irish, Yeah, But I Don't Need

I Need A Healthy Injection Of Cynicism Right Now.

When You Say 'bedtime, Bedtime, Bedtime!' That's Not What The Child Hears. What The Child Hears Is 'lie Down In The Dark... For Hours... And Don't Move... I'm Locking The Door Now.'

I Don't Really Think Of Myself As An Actor.

I Write All The Time, But You Just Want To Be Careful What You Put Out. That's All. You Want To Have The Confidence That You've Done What You Need To Do To It, Because Otherwise It's An Exercise In Vanity.

A Lot Of The Fiction I Read Growing Up Was Post-war American, And Not All Of It Centers On Manhattan, But Around People Of The Mad Men Generation, People Like John Cheever And, In More Modern Times, Don Delillo, Who I Always Mention.