Alice Munro Quotes

In twenty years I've never had a day when I didn't have to think about someone else's needs. And this means the writing has to be fitted around it.

Alice Munro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: July 10, 1931

Topics

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I feel very fortunate that while I had a little bit of personal panic or maybe a little internal struggle as a teenager, really coming to terms with the fact that I was gay, and also knowing I was going to have to tell my family. And, how was that going to affect things? And would it affect things? And ultimately, it did not.

Andrew Rannells

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I basically gave up my dream of becoming a mom.

Mayte Garcia

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Most filmmakers' entire body of knowledge is of other movies. When they describe things, they describe them in relation to other movies. That's why we have so many cyclical movies that look like other movies. But I'm not cynical. I even go to some of those movies.

John Malkovich

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The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played, enjoyed and listened to.

John McLaughlin

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I'm thrilled when I get nominated. I don't count how many and I don't remember how many I've had. I just know it's a lot.

Meryl Streep

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You really have to soak up the culture of the people to get it right. If you're making a fiction film, it's entertainment, but you want it to be as real as possible.

Robert Duvall

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Don Siegelman should be a star in the Democratic Party. Instead, he's a former elected official sentenced to prison by a right-wing judge in Alabama.

Mimi Kennedy

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I've handled colour as a man should behave. You may conclude that I consider ethics and aesthetics as one.

Josef Albers

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I like something you can hum along to.

Bradley Walsh

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Paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right: you can never have too much.

Thomas Pynchon

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Even though I've been reasonably well known for quite a long time, I still can't get a record on daytime radio or on MTV.

Morrissey

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I just hope I can spread some of the happiness that's been coming my way.

Kenny Rogers

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