Alexander McCall Smith Quotes

Every novel presents a slice of life. A noir policier for example presents one slice, one that perhaps addresses social dysfunction or some sort of pathology, while mine present a slice that is more upbeat and affirmative.

Alexander McCall Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: August 24, 1948

Topics

LifePresentMoreSocialExample

I think there are rock stars within every subgenre, and for people who are obsessed with musical theater Sutton Foster and Audra MacDonald are like Beyonce to them. I'm sure the a cappella world has their own version of that, and that exists in every geeky subculture.

Anna Kendrick

StarsPeopleWorldThinkRockOwn

When I first quit my day job, I was terrified. I called my editors and said I'm trying to make a go of this, and they threw every contract at me they could. And for two years, I had a book or an anthology out every month.

MaryJanice Davidson

DayJobMeBookTryingSaid

The energy moving through your body is quite rhythmic.

Michael W. Young

MovingEnergyBodyYour BodyThrough

My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house.

Martin Scorsese

SchoolParentsHouseGoBooksWere

The main problem with writing in verse is, if your fourth line doesn't come out right, you've got to throw four lines away and figure out a whole new way to attack the problem. So the mortality rate is terrific.

Dr. Seuss

WritingProblemYouNewWayRight

When I think of music, I think of music in totality, complete.

Donny Hathaway

MusicThinkCompleteI Think

Well, I like to think that my illness has prevented me from rising to any number of dizzy heights.

Christopher Monckton

MeThinkHeightsRisingIllnessAny

Social networks particularly will tend to converge and consolidate over time, especially because they're inherently governed by network effects. So the bigger ones will just get bigger, their value will multiply exponentially, and the smaller ones will become less and less relevant.

Clara Shih

TimeValueWillBecomeOverBigger

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

Aung San Suu Kyi

FearPowerLosingPower CorruptsWho

It's a nice neighborhood, like the one I left. My home borough is Brooklyn and Queens.

Anthony Weiner

HomeBrooklynNiceNeighborhoodLeft

With 'Rampart,' I read it and I'm like, 'That's the best role I've ever been offered. Phenomenal.' But, I was daunted, you know? Like the concept of trying to be a cop. It's just bizarre, man. Bizarre to even think about.

Woody Harrelson

BestManThinkTryingYouKnow

I think, for every actor, the most challenging part of playing a character, specially a real-life character, is to convince yourself that you are the character.

Sushant Singh Rajput

CharacterYourselfThinkYouActor

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