Seamus Heaney

Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.

Anyone born and bred in Northern Ireland can't be too optimistic.

A person from Northern Ireland is naturally cautious.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

I've been watching 'Game of Thrones,' and I can't wait for 'Bored to Death' to come back, it's one of my faves.

Sometimes in someone's gestures you can notice how a parent is somehow inhabiting that person without there being any awareness of that. Sometimes you can look at your hand and see your father.