Alice McDermott Quotes

Read everything. Write all the time. And if you can do anything else that gives you equal pleasure and allows you to sleep soundly at night, do that instead. The writing life is an odd one, to say the least.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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We like existentially wacky characters who exist in existential crisis.

Joe Russo

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I don't wear strappy tops. Everyone feels self-conscious about something on their body. It's just finding a style that works for you, and I don't really suit strappy tops or dresses, so I avoid them.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

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The history of the Erie Railroad ever since 1901 has been a record of progress.

John Moody

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One of the problems of writing is that anyone who commits themselves to that process has to believe that they're good.

Steven Bochco

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Talking to people is beneficial if you can identify the right people to share ideas and discuss decisions because everyone has blind spots, and others can sometimes catch yours. I think an investment team is a bad idea, but it is a good idea to talk to trustworthy individuals who do not have biases or interests.

Mohnish Pabrai

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If someone's OK with being the 'transgender girl,' that's fine, but that's not me.

Jazz Jennings

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Trump assumed office promising to 'drain the swamp' in Washington, D.C. Instead, the swamp has grown wider and deeper.

Joseph Stiglitz

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Happy are those who dwell apart from the harrowing tumults of public life!

Dorothea Dix

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Life in New York is one of succumbing to a tidal wave of control and direction, of numbing oneself to emotion.

Chris Benz

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The matriarchs of my family loved to bake, and the apple didn't fall far from the tree. Baking became something I did every day; it became a time where my creative and nurturing side took stage.

Christina Tosi

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I don't think marriage is in the cards for me. I think it's an archaic institution.

CM Punk

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I'm pretty boring really.

Brett Favre

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