Alice Munro Quotes

I no longer feel attracted to the well-made novel. I want to write the story that will zero in and give you intense, but not connected, moments of experience. I guess that's the way I see life. People remake themselves bit by bit and do things they don't understand.

Alice Munro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeExperiencePeopleStoryMoments

There's such a currency to Led Zeppelin, or the members of Led Zeppelin. If I put it to you this way, on the run-up to the O2 concert, the only music that we played was music of Led Zeppelin - the past catalog stuff; that's what we played on the way towards shaping up the set list for that. But we played really, really well.

Jimmy Page

MusicPastYouWayUpConcert

I wish I could write about shows outside New York. I often feel like the last person to know anything, because I almost never get to leave town, and when I do, I tend to go for three days max. Seeing between 30 and 40 shows a week in 100 or so galleries and museums takes up nearly all my time.

Jerry Saltz

TimeNew YorkFeelWishWeekSeeing

I remember when I grew up and Dad would take me to kindergarten in the morning, and you could smell the chips in the air from the factory nearby.

Jens Lekman

MorningMeRememberYouKindergarten

When turkeys mate they think of swans.

Johnny Carson

ThinkTurkeysMateSwans

I feel confident writing on my feet with improv, but it's different when you're sitting down and writing it out.

Amy Sedaris

WritingFeetConfidentFeelYouOut

People have a preconceived notion about who I am and it's interesting. It's like picking who you want to win for the Oscars and not seeing the movie. Before you make a statement about someone, get all the information and see everything before you make a judgment.

Amanda Bynes

I AmPeopleWinInterestingSomeone

All my adult life people have been helping me.

Stephen Hawking

LifePeopleMeAdultBeenHelping

In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since.

Stephen Ambrose

PeopleBuildingsMoreHighDestroyed

I don't think there's a more battle-hardened veteran anywhere than Larry Summers.

Roger Altman

ThinkMoreAnywhereThanVeteran

For me, I have this tough exterior and these Angela Bassett arms, and people think, 'Oh, my God, Rutina's tough.'

Rutina Wesley

GodPeopleMeToughThinkArms

I feel that people I trusted - I don't know who, on what level - have let me down, and I think they have behaved disgracefully, and it's for them to pay. And I think, frankly, that I'm the best person to see it through.

Rupert Murdoch

BestPeopleMeThinkFeelDown

I'm a much better writer for being a father.

Chris Cleave

FatherBetterBeingWriterMuch

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