Home / Quotes / Quote by Alice McDermott

Quote by Alice McDermott

“Fiction that intends to be something other than entertainment has a certain obligation, I think, to convince the reader, every time, that what is to be evoked - character, experience, idea - is worthy of his or her consideration, intellectual energy, close attention.”

Quote by Alice McDermott

Author

Alice McDermott

Alice McDermott is an American author renowned for her delicate emotional descriptions and profound character portrayals. Her works often focus on the lives of ordinary people, exploring themes such as family, faith, and identity. Born on June 27, 1953, in New York. more

You May Also Like

“One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.”

Men Should Real Virtue Judging Depravity

Author:Klaus Kinski

“Sohn means "son" in German. I loved the idea of the word, because it's short and it was also important for me to have an "o" sound in my name. I like the idea of being the son of yourself - a bit of a rebirth, in a way. Also, I love the fact that it's such a blank word.”

Mean Important Son Rebirth

Author:SOHN

“A lot of people describe me as an electronic producer, but I actually wouldn't have described myself that way until maybe three months ago when I felt I was getting some really good production jobs with very good people. I would have always said, I'm a singer. I think the album brings the voice to the front, and makes that clear.”

People Thinking Very Good Producers Good People Describe Me

Author:SOHN

“I'm doing interviews and there are pictures of my face, so it's not like I'm hiding who I am. As soon as you say what your name is, everybody writes that in every interview, and it kind of annoys me. My name's SOHN. It's not really much more complicated than that, and there are loads of artists in the world who have one-word names. I'd like to somehow be able to close a door somewhere.”

World Writing Kind Artist Complicated Hiding Annoying

Author:SOHN

“I don't feel pride like that with my own stuff. When I listen to my own music I'm happy with it, but when for example, I hear the beginning of "Last Stand" and I hear Kwabs sing the first line that I helped to write, I just think, wow. I can't believe I was involved in that. I can't even explain what it was like being in that room while we made that. That was really some magic.”

Thinking Writing Believe Magic Pride

Author:SOHN

“I tried too much and too hard to get people to pay attention to what I was doing, and so paying less attention to what I actually wanted to do. It's something you see a lot with very young bands who are desperate to get a record deal so they're trying to sound like something else.”

People Trying Attention Pay Attention Desperate

Author:SOHN

“I look for people that are emitting a nice energy about them. Like, they're dancing to the house music or they have a robot puppet aura. But it's hard. People you think are going to be good end up getting really drunk and then who knows what's going to happen.”

People Thinking House Energy Nice Dancing Be Good Drunk

Author:Alex Toth

“Donald Trump is the kind of guy that wants you to like him. He wants to be the centre of attention. A TV reporter is somebody who gives him a very grand stage, and I was the first national television correspondent following his campaign. So he wanted to charm me - and when he couldn't do that, he attacked. And it's the same thing he does every day with senators; he'll be charming with them and the next day he will go out and attack them on Twitter and if they don't fall in line. He toggles back and forth between these two aspects of his personality.”

Giving Kind Guy Fall Attention Personality Charming

Author:Katy Tur

“When you're just starting out in the TV business, you don't know anything at all, and you think you're doing a better job than everyone else around you, and you just sort of presume that you're not getting the credit you deserve. And then when you start to get better, the pressure is extraordinary, and then you start to second-guess everything you do, and when people start looking to you for answers, for insight and for analysis and guidance, you start to wonder if you are the right person - even when you have all the information.”

People Thinking Wonder Deserve Extraordinary Insight Guidance Get Better Right Person

Author:Katy Tur

“What people don't tell you is freedom comes with a lot of work! I'm definitely grateful for the freedom to call my own shots. However, you don't have the luxury of leaning on a squad of people to put stuff in motion. It's just you and your homeboys trying to figure it out. It gets challenging at times.”

People Trying Challenges Grateful

Author:Musiq