Roddy Doyle

Novelist

1958-05-08

Roddy Doyle is an Irish novelist, playwright, and screenwriter known for vivid depictions of working-class Dublin life. His major works include The Commitments, The Snapper, and Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, which won the Booker Prize in 1993. Doyle has also written acclaimed historical fiction and children’s books.

Quotes by Roddy Doyle

She's happier than Nicola. That's probably true. Alcoholics can stop drinking but what is there for the children of alcoholics? Is it always too late? Probably. She doesn't know.
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She's happier than Nicola. That's probably true. Alcoholics can stop drinking but what is there for the children of alcoholics? Is it always too late? Probably. She doesn't know.
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If you're from Dublin, for example, chances are you live with your family, if you're lucky enough to, right up to the mid-20s. And most of the people I know, when they finally sort of set off on their own, they don't stray all that far.
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I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires.
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