Alice McDermott Quotes

Our task as fiction writers isn't just to report something that didn't really happen. We have to give what we write a sense of reality. The tool of our tradition is language.

Alice McDermott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

RealityLanguageTraditionTaskTool

Yeah, I really like being alive. But I definitely don't have any intentions as an artist.

John Frusciante

ArtistAliveIntentionsBeingLike

Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It is the director. It's his piece of work.

Max von Sydow

WorkInterestingBoringDirectorWho

I think that quite often you can only find a choice between bad and worse. But I think it's worth making the effort, and I like to expose my characters to that sort of situation.

Robert Jordan

EffortThinkWorthYouBadChoice

I get treated like a princess in India. It is like a different world.

Amy Jackson

WorldIndiaPrincessGetDifferent

I love doing research.

Tom Goodman-Hill

LoveResearchDoingI Love

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

Jose Bergamin

DoubtPlaceBeliefSuperstition

Society is causing us to talk less and interact more digitally. So, I'd be remiss if I didn't believe that businesses will have to follow that same path.

Jon Taffer

PathSocietyBelieveTalkFollowUs

I was hired by the 'Tom Joyner Morning Show' to do commentary that makes people think. I want my audience to feel like they are learning and not being pandered to.

Don Lemon

LearningMorningPeopleThinkFeel

Nothing means more to me than helping my team win.

Derek Fisher

MeTeamWinNothingMoreTeam Win

I will be Green until the day I die, if not for a long time after.

Bob Brown

TimeDayGreenDieLongLong Time

My mum and dad teach, and all my brothers and sisters have been in 'Riverdance' and so forth. So I was forced to become a dancer; it's part of my family history.

Sean Maguire

FamilyHistoryTeachBecomeBeen

I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs.

Richard Thompson

MyselfWritingDownSittingJust

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