Scottish - Writer | August 24, 1948 -
I'm interested in character and dialogue and exchange of ideas.
Alexander McCall Smith
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Wherever I go in the world, people all know about Scotland Street and are always asking me about what's going to happen to the characters next.
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I would never inflict my bassoon on anybody really other than the long suffering audiences that come to the concerts of The Really Terrible Orchestra; which actually is really terrible.
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It seems to me that we're in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic values in society by allowing the growth of a whole generation of people who really have no sense of attachment to society.
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I've certainly always had a very high regard for Botswana and so I paint a very good picture of the country and I've never pretended to be painting an entirely realistic picture.
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You're always told by your publisher that you must only write one book a year and some years you should perhaps write none at all.
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Many of my books are written from a female perspective. I rather enjoy the take that women have on the world, and certainly I enjoy the conversations that women have.
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My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like us who are pretty hopeless musicians who would like to play in an orchestra. It has been a great success. We give performances; we've become the most famous bad orchestra in the world.
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I would certainly never consider myself a Renaissance Man; I'm not fit to look at the dust from the chariot wheels of many of those who have gone before me.
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Oh I love gadgets and I pride myself on keeping at the cutting edge of technology.
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I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give out prizes; it's amazing how it concentrates their minds.
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Edinburgh used to be a haughty city.
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