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Anne Enright Quotes

Irish - Author | October 11, 1962 -

I'm quite interested in the absolute roots of narrative, why we tell stories at all: where the monsters come from.

Roots Why Tell Narrative Monsters

To be able to have the space to sit down and write has always been my central policy.

Space Down Write Always Policy Sit

I was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely.

Women Old Lovely I Was Raised Where

I think it's very important to write a demythologized woman character. My characters are flawed. They are no better than they should be.

Character Woman Think Better Write

I write anywhere - when I have an idea, it's hard not to write. I used to be kind of precious about where I wrote. Everything had to be quiet and I couldn't be disturbed; it really filled my day.

Be Kind Day Quiet Kind Write Hard

I'm really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don't confuse the issues, really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.

I Am People Me Book Know Lucky

I find being Irish quite a wearing thing. It takes so much work because it is a social construction. People think you are going to be this, this, and this.

Work People Construction Think You

I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.

People Think You Say True Irish

Ireland is a series of stories that have been told to us, starting with the Irish Celtic national revival. I never believed in 'Old Ireland.' It has been made all of kitsch by the diaspora, looking back and deciding what Ireland is. Yes, it is green. Yes, it is friendly. I can't think of anything else for definite.

Looking Back Green Looking Think Old

Recently I read the stories I wrote in my early 20s, to put in a volume. And here is this brittle young woman, writing about marriage as, not the worst thing, but the most boring thing that could happen to a person. Now I think I was wrong. I like to be proven wrong.

Marriage Woman Writing Think Early

I am interested in levels of brain discourse. How articulate are the voices in your head? You know, there's a different voice for the phone, and a different voice if you're talking in bed. When you're starting off with a narrator, it's interesting to think, where is their voice coming from, what part of their brain?

I Am Brain Voice Think Interesting

There's no such thing as a life that is not normal, or, there's no such thing as a life that is not abnormal. We all have amazing lives; we all have very dull lives.

Life Amazing Normal Abnormal Dull

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