Alice Munro Quotes

I never start out with any kind of connecting theme or plan. Everything just falls the way it falls. I don't ever think about what kind of fiction I write or what I am writing about or what I am trying to write about. When I'm writing, what I do is I think about a story that I want to tell.

Alice Munro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

I AmWritingStartStoryThinkPlan

Rugby is great. The players don't wear helmets or padding; they just beat the living daylights out of each other and then go for a beer. I love that.

Joe Theismann

LoveGreatBeerGoLivingOut

In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.

John Legend

MusicArtistsSureFiveWonders

I haven't seen 'The Revenant,' but I'm sure it was great because it has a lot of talent involved.

Robert Redford

GreatTalentInvolvedSeenSureLot

I'm an actor because of movies like 'Indiana Jones' and 'Jurassic Park.'

Matt Lanter

MoviesActorParkBecauseIndiana

Our government shouldn't tell us where to travel and where not to travel.

Jeff Flake

TravelGovernmentTellWhereUsOur

I had discovered that I'm much less special than I thought I am. So whatever I find true for myself, other people might also relate to.

Stefan Sagmeister

MyselfI AmPeopleThoughtFind

Be nice to your children. After all, they are going to choose your nursing home.

Steven Wright

HomeChildrenChooseBe NiceNice

I never thought, growing up, I'd be a TV host.

Rob Gronkowski

Growing UpThoughtGrowingNeverUp

I didn't want to keep forcing myself to grind out book after book.

Mary Gaitskill

MyselfBookGrindWantOutKeep

As the actor, you can't be worried about the scene that you're going to playing two days from now. You think about what's going on right now and in the moment. That's what you worry about.

Michael Rooker

MomentThinkWorryYouNowActor

Even almost a century after her death, Sarah Bernhardt, the French actress whose extraordinary personality, flamboyant life and passionate nature became a legend in her own lifetime, remains the byword among most people as the supreme theatrical star.

Michael Korda

LifeNaturePersonalityDeathPeople

It's weird... people say they're not like apes. Now how do you explain football then?

Mitch Hedberg

FootballPeopleWeirdYouNowSay

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