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“The writing itself is the thing that generates stories for me.”

Quote by Alice McDermott

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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

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“When I'm not writing, I can't make sense of out anything. I feel the need to make some sense and find some order, and writing fiction is the only way I've found that seems to begin to do that.”

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“I hate it, it is tedious... when I write for my act, it is very improvisational, I write bullet points, I cannot sit in front of a computer; that is not my style.”

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“The thing that attracted me to my husband was his pride. I'll never forget the first time I saw him, standing up on a hill, his hair blowing in the breeze - and he too proud to run and get it.”

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“[On her husband:] The other day he woke up with a headache. I felt sorry for him. I would like to help him but I can't. I told him so many times. When he jumps out of bed - it should be feet first.”

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“I used to do that routine about my daughter being a hippy with the dirty sneakers and dirty blue jeans, but why a beard? And you know people would actually come to me and say, 'Does your daughter really have a beard?' I'd say, 'No, I made her shave it, but I let her keep the mustache.”

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“I hope you find, as I did, that happiness comes from noticing and enjoying the little things in life.”

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Book:14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book

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“The polemics of right-wing radio are putting nothing less than hate onto the airwaves, into the marketplace, electing it to office, teaching it in schools, and exalting it as freedom.”

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“the very notion of blindness about color constitutes an ideological confusion at best, and denial at its very worst.”

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