On raising his two children, Romy and Jack:
"It is very, very important that I take them back to Ireland every year. It's so easy to get caught up in the mass culture here. It's important that they know they have another tradition and a heritage that is a gift to them."

On his former wife, Ellen Barkin:
"I know that I will have a relationship with this woman until the day I die. I have tremendous loyalty to her. She's the mother of my children. How could I be nasty or vindictive to her?"

On his profession and success:
"People who believe that being incredibly famous or wealthy or powerful is going to make them happier are on a fool's mission. I'm famous enough, that suits me fine. The relentless emphasis on celebrity in this country drives me around the fucking bend. The new religion is celebrity, but nobody stops to question what it means when you achieve it. Honestly, I'm very scared of the whole notion of fame. You take it on at your own peril."

On Catholicism:
"The elimination of guilt is one of the biggest battles I have to wage with myself."

On playing the accordian:
"It's not the most salubrious of instruments. A guitar is so much more cool."

On his home in Beverly Hills:
"Because I live outside my own culture, I bring with me things that mean something to me, so there isn't anything in here that doesn't tell a story.

"Perhaps we are not meant to know some things, for that is life too. A seeking. It may be our only purpose here."

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