Alice McDermott Quotes

I think place and time for me is often a matter of convenience, something I can use to another end rather than something I'm trying to define because it's somehow fascinating to me in itself. It's more what the place can do for the larger goals I have for the work.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkGoalsTimeMeThinkEnd

Elizabeth Taylor. In her heyday, she was amazing.

Joe Jonas

AmazingSheHerElizabeth Taylor

I was badly bullied when I was in the seventh grade - relentlessly, mercilessly - by a group of 12-year-old girls. And it left me with a determination that no matter what, I had to throw my shoulders back, stick out my chin, and project a sense that no one and nothing could hurt me. That turned out to be a life-changing mistake.

Megyn Kelly

DeterminationMistakeMeHurtBack

I've had nothing to do with the intelligence world since I left it, in any shade or variety.

John le Carre

IntelligenceWorldNothingShadeAny

I think sometimes in relationships, ladies like having a man who takes care of them, nurtures them. If you can't find it in a man your own age, you find it in somebody who is older.

Michael Douglas

AgeManThinkCareYouFind

I had a grandmother who would always encourage me to learn about theater and film.

Romany Malco

MeLearnGrandmotherAlwaysFilm

J.K. Rowling is a talented storyteller, but she has also used the style and technique of modern television and cinema media, which seizes the imagination by pummelling it, bombarding it with powerful stimuli, in a rapid pace, with plenty of emotional rewards.

Michael O'Brien

StyleImaginationMediaPowerfulShe

I think publishers need to be the ones that publish the books and control that process: finding writers, helping them with their work, finding readers. I think writers need that.

Jonathan Galassi

WorkControlThinkProcessFinding

I had to work and it never occurred to me not to. But then it's never really been about the money.

Johnny Marr

WorkMoneyMeNeverBeenReally

When I first immigrated to the United States, there were not many jobs that stood out. So I worked at a gas station, cleaning.

Do Won Chang

CleaningFirstOutUnitedGasMany

If you develop a product that gets what the customer is trying to get done, you don't have to advertise; people will just pull it into their lives.

Clayton M. Christensen

PeopleCustomerTryingYouDoneGet

Engel & Voelkers has a long-standing reputation for providing excellence to a demanding clientele. Now we provide even more by offering our technologically-savvy customers the most up-to-the-minute data on homes, from listing prices to photos - all at their fingertips.

Anthony Hitt

ExcellenceReputationDataNowMore

I find love is the most vital part of life, of my art.

Tiffany Hwang

LifeLoveArtLove IsFindMost

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