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.

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I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly...

I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly...

Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

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

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

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be...

To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be...

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

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

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

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

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

The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.

The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.

I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.

A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and...

A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and...

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

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

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned...

I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned...

Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.

Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.

I would say the next imminent hot writers are often the writers from the decade...

I would say the next imminent hot writers are often the writers from the decade...

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

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