“Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.” — Roddy Doyle Quote

Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.

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.

My parents were sixty years married.

I've been asked why does Ireland produce so many great musicians, and the answer is it doesn't. When you count the great musicians Ireland has given the world in the last 20 years, you can do it on one hand.

It's hard for me to measure them, or to assess my books because I'm so close to them.

Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.

Every day, I tell myself, 'It will be better if I spend more time on thinking about good ideas and working instead of watching TV or shopping.'

We know how to build cross-disciplinary teams that are needed to take good ideas and make them great businesses. We're good at nurturing that kind of environment. And I do think that's something that's increasingly recognized in a lot of sectors in the economy.

I know how to take good ideas and turn them into sensible law at great odds.

Sometimes, you can only really get the good ideas to come out when you're not supposed to be in the studio.