Alice McDermott Quotes

I read a little bit of nonfiction and a lot of poetry. I think of poetry as my shot of whiskey when I don't have time to savor a whole bottle of wine.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 27, 1953

Topics

TimePoetryThinkWineLittleWhole

And we forget because we must and not because we will.

Matthew Arnold

ForgetWillBecauseMust

I'm wearing a garbage bag. I was put on my own worst-dressed list.

Steven Cojocaru

BagMy OwnGarbageOwnWearingList

I have been denounced for passive corruption without having received anything of value. Where is the concrete proof that I received something of value?

Michel Temer

ValueCorruptionConcreteAnything

The balance of power shifts on the Internet to the individual. This is a two-way medium.

Jason Calacanis

PowerBalanceInternetIndividual

When I worked with my uncle, I loved the fact that jazz music demanded that you use your own unique approach.

Dianne Reeves

MusicLovedYouUniqueUncleJazz

They appear to have had a higher voter turnout in Iraq than we did in our recent federal elections, and we didn't have terrorists threatening to kill our families if we voted.

Conrad Burns

ElectionsVoterThanOurDidHigher

We built something very special with Gaslight, and we don't want to mess with that sound too much. But I've always wanted to do a record where I can put strings or organs or pianos or whatever on it.

Brian Fallon

I CanToo MuchWantSpecialSound

I've always loved great upholstery, and think that a great sofa is one of the most important pieces of furniture in your home.

Bobby Berk

HomeGreatThinkLovedFurniture

I had seen other comic friends of mine go to indie labels. Like David Cross and Pat Oswald went to Subpop, and Subpop didn't make total sense for me, but the metal version of that did. So I made a small list with Metal Blade, Prosthetic and couple of other labels, and Relapse was one of them.

Brian Posehn

MeSmallFriendsGoSeenMetal

I try not to think about writers who came before me when I'm writing myself. If I did, given the abundance of literary talent Scotland - and Edinburgh in particular - has bestowed upon the world, I wouldn't be able to get as much as a sentence written.

Allan Guthrie

MyselfTalentMeWritingWorldTry

As I have found out, recognition has its upside, its downside and - you may say - its backside.

Pippa Middleton

RecognitionYouSayOutMayUpside

So many of my favorite stories, in any medium, are about friendship. Those relationships are so often just as emotional and complex as any romantic or family dynamics, and yet there's a dearth of resonant, grounded films about platonic bonds in American films.

Susanna Fogel

FamilyFriendshipRomanticAmerican

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