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Anne Enright Quotes

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.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: irish
Birth: October 11, 1962

Topics

Marriage Woman Writing Think Early

If you want to make a dangerous man your friend, let him do you a favor.

Friend Man You Dangerous Want Him

When the children were little, I'd fly into L.A. for a specific work project, but then I'd leave again, and when I was home, I wouldn't even read a script.

Andie MacDowell

Work Home Children Fly Project Even

I make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can't. You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn't mean the writer himself is crazy.

Character Crazy You Hip-Hop Mean

I learned so much from listening to Jay-Z, M.O.P. and Gang Starr.

Statik Selektah

Listening Gang Much Learned Jay-Z

A film's success or failure is strictly on the director's shoulders.

Success Failure Director Shoulders

I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Singing Remember Us Read Really

I was hoping he would get up so I could hit him again and keep him down.

Down Him Up Keep Get Again

On one level, I must never lose touch with my audience. But I must, at some point, stop trying to get everybody to like me, and be true to the thing I think I need to say.

Me Think Trying Lose Be True Stop

I think having a private life that you only share with your nearest and dearest is important. Otherwise, who are you?

Life Think You Important Share Your

I don't think anybody is ever going to call me to play someone who is mousy and demure.

Me Think Someone Play Call Going

The fact is I tried for years to work with the financial industry on reasonable swipe fee reform, but the industry wouldn't have it.

Work Financial Years Industry Reform

Perhaps when music has been shouting for so long, a quieter voice seems attractive.

Music Voice Long Attractive Shouting

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