Dublin people think they are the center of the world and the center of Ireland. And they don't realize that people have to leave Ireland to get work, and they look down on people who do.

If you've got time to waste, you might as well waste it listening to people.

Though it may not seem like it, I never try to write about a place, per se; it's always, first and last, about story. Story is everything. Story and a bit of attitude.

When you've got good actors, they're going to come up with good stuff, but you're never quite sure how the dynamics are going to work between them.

It isn't about being or not being dead, it's about what you leave behind

I hope there's some kind of morality in all my work.

It's the periods and the commas that you have to forget about. The words never change, but the intonations change.

'Pulp Fiction' is an amazing film, and I haven't made one nearly as good.

I realize that I am never going to grow up.

I won't work on anyone's else's script. I won't write for anyone else. I write my own stuff and make that when the time is right.

When I'm happiest writing is just not knowing where it goes and just let the characters bring you there.

It seems that there's a part of our psyche that doesn't know the difference between an agreement about cleaning the garage and an agreement about buying a company

The word fate ... is the refuge of every self-confessed failure.

A wise prince must never take things easy in times of peace.

The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person.

When I first decided to open a restaurant, I was turned down by several banks. It was the late 80's and many restaurants were failing. I refused to give up because I knew I had a good concept.

I'm gonna be the best dad that ever lived. I'll have a ranch with a race car track and a golf course.

Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No.

The way to war is a well-paved highway and the way to peace is still a wilderness.

I don't believe in writing people off.

Remember it doesn't take the same minute to make Indomie like it does to make Jollof rice.