Alice McDermott Quotes

American - Writer | June 27, 1953 -

What interests me is whatever it is that allows the heart to continue to yearn for something the intelligence knows is impossible to have: a lost love, a shelter from life's blows, the return of a time past, even a connection to the dead.

Alice McDermott

LifeLoveHeartTimePastMe

Family dynamics are true over time, across generations and different cultures.

Alice McDermott

FamilyTimeTrueDifferent Cultures

Those of us who know the transporting wonder of a reading life know that it little matters where we are when we talk about books or meet authors or bemoan the state of publishing because when we read, we are always inside, sheltered in that interior room, that clean, well-lighted, timeless place that is the written word.

Alice McDermott

LifeReadingWonderPlaceKnowMeet

I'm a coastal person. I grew up in Long Island and lived in San Diego. I felt landlocked in Pittsburgh. Psychically, it just wasn't the place for me.

Alice McDermott

MeLongPlacePersonIslandLived

I know Irish-American people. I know what their homes look like. I know what they have for dinner. I know how they turn a phrase.

Alice McDermott

PeopleDinnerLookKnowTurnLike

For me, having characters who are part of a faith then allows me to talk about how that faith either works or fails them without having to attack the institution.

Alice McDermott

FaithMeTalkWithoutInstitution

I do have friends in Pittsburgh, and I had some wonderful experiences there.

Alice McDermott

FriendsExperiencesWonderfulSome

I like that original romance of having a pen and a legal pad and going anywhere in the world and being able to write a novel with just those two things.

Alice McDermott

WorldLegalPenWriteTwoRomance

I was born in Brooklyn, but I never lived there.

Alice McDermott

BrooklynBornNeverLivedI Was Born

I have a great fondness for the liars in my stories.

Alice McDermott

GreatLiarsStoriesFondness

My parents were both first-generation Irish Catholics raised in Brooklyn.

Alice McDermott

ParentsBrooklynIrishRaisedBoth

I'm always telling my students, don't - don't worry so much third person, first person. It doesn't make that much difference.

Alice McDermott

WorryPersonFirstDifferenceAlways

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