Alice McDermott Quotes

As a writer, you have to put yourself in service to the character, get behind their eyes by delineating the world where the character develops. You have to listen to the character and see him inside his certain world to know what conclusions he would draw.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CharacterEyesServiceYourselfYou

I'm not very good with the Twitter.

Anjelah Johnson

GoodTwitterVery

We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reason.

Michael Bloomberg

SecurityReasonHomeland Security

Positivity attracts positivity.

Alyssa Edwards

PositivityAttracts

We're all struggling to get out of the past. We see something that reminds us of something, and then we bring our baggage into the present. Then we project it onto people constantly.

Sophie B. Hawkins

PastPeoplePresentProjectSeeOut

Failure was not an option for me.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

FailureMeOption

I have run a general election campaign pregnant and ran Ed Miliband's leadership campaign commuting to London with a new baby so I already have my system set up.

Lucy Powell

LeadershipBabyElectionNewRunUp

I tried to play some trumpet and stuff, so I had to figure that out. I record everything in my house.

Joshua Ostrander

HousePlayEverythingOutTrumpet

As income inequality increases, the social and political sway of those at the very, very top grows, too. They are nearly all men, and men whose lived experience tells them that women, for whatever reason, just don't have what it takes.

Chrystia Freeland

WomenExperienceMenPoliticalTop

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.

Bryant H. McGill

HopePurposeDestinationSelfPlot

I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.

Bob Dylan

MusicBecauseFolk MusicInterested

One of the problems with being famous is people mob you wherever you go. Many of them ask very irritating questions. If I were not the shortest woman in the world, I would not have become famous.

Jyoti Amge

WomanPeopleWorldProblemsYouGo

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

Evan Esar

BusinessLieManStand UpStandUp

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