Alexander McCall Smith Quotes

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

Alexander McCall Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleYouWantRealizeBe Careful

My 'Movember' moustache was never going to be as big as Nigel Mansell's, but I tried my best. The amazing thing is that when you try to grow a moustache, you notice everyone else's. There are some amazing moustaches on the grid.

Jenson Button

BestAmazingGrowYouTryNever

There is certainly a growing body of data that correlates investments in women with a country's general prosperity; a recognition that no country can get ahead if half its people are left behind.

Melanne Verveer

WomenPeopleDataRecognitionBody

Here's to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it's caused me.

Stanley Kubrick

MeMiserableHereFiveWagonHarm

I've been on big tours ever since I started, but you can't just go out there and headline, you have to do it right.

Miranda Lambert

YouGoRightOutBigStarted

The time to give away money is when you make it.

Jon Huntsman, Sr.

TimeMoneyYouAwayGiveMake

I don't do impressions.

Don Rickles

Impressions

I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span.

Doug Liman

I AmHollywoodIndependentDirector

I don't need plastic in my body to validate me as a woman.

Courtney Love

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My mom is one of those women... she don't take no mess. She is very vocal about what she wants and what she doesn't want.

Ciara

WomenMomWantSheMessTake

I'm not always smiling when I'm on the golf course. Sometimes, hey, listen, people have regular jobs. You go to them when they're working, and you catch them not in the best moment either. So I understand how people could perceive me. But come get to know me, and I'm totally a different person.

Brooks Koepka

MomentBestPeopleMeGolfSmiling

I believe that it is our human right to be parents and women. And there's no contradiction between feminism, which means women should have all that they are entitled to, all that they can do, all the opportunities that they can take advantage of they should have.

Anne Roiphe

WomenParentsBelieveOpportunities

It gives me a huge buzz when people say they've enjoyed my books, because this grew out of a hobby, and it's an absolute passion, and it's lovely when I get feedback.

Alison Weir

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