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Alice McDermott quotes: I was born in Brooklyn, but I never lived there. I was born in Brooklyn, but I never lived there.
Alice McDermott quotes: Thousands more were being born today, being conceived - women with their knees raised all over the world. Mrs. Thousands more were being born today, being conceived - women with their knees raised all over the world. Mrs.
Alice McDermott quotes: Being Irish-American myself, Irish-American material is readily at hand to me. Being Irish-American myself, Irish-American material is readily at hand to me.
Alice McDermott quotes: And then I saw him waving to us from behind the sky's reflection. And then I saw him waving to us from behind the sky's reflection.
Alice McDermott quotes: And then George approaching, his hand stuck to his hat and the hat bent into the onslaught. She And then George approaching, his hand stuck to his hat and the hat bent into the onslaught. She
Alice McDermott quotes: Family dynamics are true over time, across generations and different cultures. Family dynamics are true over time, across generations and different cultures.
Alice McDermott quotes: The writing itself is the thing that generates stories for me. The writing itself is the thing that generates stories for me.
Alice McDermott quotes: For immigrant generations especially, family is the first structure, or shelter, for a people who are in exile. For immigrant generations especially, family is the first structure, or shelter, for a people who are in exile.
Alice McDermott quotes: We are at the mercy of time, and for all the ways we are remembered, a sea of things will be lost. But how much is contained in what lingers! We are at the mercy of time, and for all the ways we are remembered, a sea of things will be lost. But how much is contained in what lingers!
Alice McDermott quotes: Language is the writer's only tool - we really don't have anything else - but our language contains within it our entire experience of the world. Language is the writer's only tool - we really don't have anything else - but our language contains within it our entire experience of the world.
Alice McDermott quotes: itself, had emerged from that shadow. itself, had emerged from that shadow.
Alice McDermott quotes: A perfect poem you can't pin down and say, 'This is exactly what it meant to me.' It's not a self-help manual. A perfect poem you can't pin down and say, 'This is exactly what it meant to me.' It's not a self-help manual.
Alice McDermott quotes: Scribble out the world since it was not to your liking and make up a new one, something better. Scribble out the world since it was not to your liking and make up a new one, something better.
Alice McDermott quotes: He could not make conversations with strangers, and yet conversations with strangers were perhaps the first thing required of him in his new life. He could not make conversations with strangers, and yet conversations with strangers were perhaps the first thing required of him in his new life.
Alice McDermott quotes: I'm a coastal person. I grew up in Long Island and lived in San Diego. I felt landlocked in Pittsburgh. Psychically, it just wasn't the place for me. I'm a coastal person. I grew up in Long Island and lived in San Diego. I felt landlocked in Pittsburgh. Psychically, it just wasn't the place for me.
Alice McDermott quotes: I'm always telling my students, don't - don't worry so much third person, first person. It doesn't make that much difference. I'm always telling my students, don't - don't worry so much third person, first person. It doesn't make that much difference.
Alice McDermott quotes: Mr. Persichetti was a night nurse at the state hospital, inspired Mr. Persichetti was a night nurse at the state hospital, inspired
Alice McDermott quotes: I wouldn't want to tweet to anyone who would be interested in my tweets. I wouldn't want to tweet to anyone who would be interested in my tweets.
Alice McDermott quotes: Throughout the typing pool all the girls began to do the same. Throughout the typing pool all the girls began to do the same.
Alice McDermott quotes: IN THE LOBBY of her building, people fresh out of the wind were huffing and puffing like swimmers just crawled up on shore. She IN THE LOBBY of her building, people fresh out of the wind were huffing and puffing like swimmers just crawled up on shore. She
Alice McDermott quotes: Jake. From Philadelphia." Then he shook everybody's hand, like he was joining a poker game. Another Jacob. Michael turned to his brother whose eyes Jake. From Philadelphia." Then he shook everybody's hand, like he was joining a poker game. Another Jacob. Michael turned to his brother whose eyes
Alice McDermott quotes: You're a human being, and every time a list of prize nominations comes out and your name isn't on it, you do have that thumb-in-the-eye feeling. You're a human being, and every time a list of prize nominations comes out and your name isn't on it, you do have that thumb-in-the-eye feeling.
Alice McDermott quotes: For one of us at least, we knew, we were certain - this is how we saw the world - there would never again be loneliness in life. For one of us at least, we knew, we were certain - this is how we saw the world - there would never again be loneliness in life.
Alice McDermott quotes: I am trying to cultivate the notion that constantly misplacing one's cell phone is a charming eccentricity ... my children aren't buying it. I am trying to cultivate the notion that constantly misplacing one's cell phone is a charming eccentricity ... my children aren't buying it.
Alice McDermott quotes: Her husband was asleep beside her. She could Her husband was asleep beside her. She could
Alice McDermott quotes: It's sometimes more torment for a man, Mr. Fagin said, to consider what might have been than to live with what is. It's sometimes more torment for a man, Mr. Fagin said, to consider what might have been than to live with what is.
Alice McDermott quotes: A tendency to make metaphorical connections is an occupational hazard for those of us who write. A tendency to make metaphorical connections is an occupational hazard for those of us who write.
Alice McDermott quotes: We are surrounded by story. We are surrounded by story.
Alice McDermott quotes: I don't want to write about violence, and I don't want to hang a plot on a murder. I think it's cheap. I don't want to write about violence, and I don't want to hang a plot on a murder. I think it's cheap.
Alice McDermott quotes: Loss is inevitable - you have to be blind or naive to think otherwise. Loss is inevitable - you have to be blind or naive to think otherwise.
Alice McDermott quotes: The day and time itself: late afternoon in early February, was there a moment of the year better suited for despair? The day and time itself: late afternoon in early February, was there a moment of the year better suited for despair?
Alice McDermott quotes: Who can know the heart of a man? Who can know the heart of a man?
Alice McDermott quotes: I know Irish-American people. I know what their homes look like. I know what they have for dinner. I know how they turn a phrase. I know Irish-American people. I know what their homes look like. I know what they have for dinner. I know how they turn a phrase.
Alice McDermott quotes: In the act of reading, especially reading fiction, where a world is being created, all kinds of matters of belief come into play. In the act of reading, especially reading fiction, where a world is being created, all kinds of matters of belief come into play.
Alice McDermott quotes: dull - she did not, with equal longing, wish to be a part of the whispering spinster chorus at the edge of other, more interesting lives. She dull - she did not, with equal longing, wish to be a part of the whispering spinster chorus at the edge of other, more interesting lives. She
Alice McDermott quotes: My parents were both first-generation Irish Catholics raised in Brooklyn. My parents were both first-generation Irish Catholics raised in Brooklyn.
Alice McDermott quotes: Mr. Persichetti called his patients God's mistakes. He pressed Mr. Persichetti called his patients God's mistakes. He pressed
Alice McDermott quotes: I'm very conscious of trying to make something epic out of something small and ordinary. I'm very conscious of trying to make something epic out of something small and ordinary.
Alice McDermott quotes: It might have been the first time in my life I understood what an easy bond it was, to share a neighborhood as we had done, to share a time It might have been the first time in my life I understood what an easy bond it was, to share a neighborhood as we had done, to share a time past.
Alice McDermott quotes: The world was a cruder, more vulgar place than the one I had known. This was the language required to live in it, I supposed. The world was a cruder, more vulgar place than the one I had known. This was the language required to live in it, I supposed.
Alice McDermott quotes: I'm not usually drawn to memoir - many run the risk of self-aggrandizement or score-settling. I'm not usually drawn to memoir - many run the risk of self-aggrandizement or score-settling.
Alice McDermott quotes: Any fiction writer who assumes that a character is typical no doubt runs the risk of stumbling into cliche and stereotype. Any fiction writer who assumes that a character is typical no doubt runs the risk of stumbling into cliche and stereotype.
Alice McDermott quotes: It was not about the sea or the sand, but burying her feet there had seemed to cure what had worried her ... It was not about the sea or the sand, but burying her feet there had seemed to cure what had worried her ...
Alice McDermott quotes: The wind," Mary said again. "It was making everyone tear up. The wind," Mary said again. "It was making everyone tear up.
Alice McDermott quotes: I have a great fondness for the liars in my stories. I have a great fondness for the liars in my stories.
Alice McDermott quotes: At the beginning of every semester, I ask my graduate students whether there is something I should read that will help me understand their work. At the beginning of every semester, I ask my graduate students whether there is something I should read that will help me understand their work.
Alice McDermott quotes: I have not won far more awards than I have won. I have not won far more awards than I have won.
Alice McDermott quotes: The language of the Catholic Church - the liturgy, the prayer, the gospels - was in many ways my first poetry. The language of the Catholic Church - the liturgy, the prayer, the gospels - was in many ways my first poetry.
Alice McDermott quotes: It was not the future they'd been objecting to, but the loss of the past. As if it was his fault that you could now have one without the other It was not the future they'd been objecting to, but the loss of the past. As if it was his fault that you could now have one without the other
Alice McDermott quotes: He was pale as salt. Although He was pale as salt. Although
Alice McDermott quotes: I was one of those kids who always wrote. I was one of those kids who always wrote.
Alice McDermott quotes: As if only he and the blind man could see what the rest of them could not. As if only he and the blind man could see what the rest of them could not.
Alice McDermott quotes: My own 'sentimental favorite' is always the novel I haven't yet written - I suppose that's the one I consider my 'masterpiece' as well. My own 'sentimental favorite' is always the novel I haven't yet written - I suppose that's the one I consider my 'masterpiece' as well.
Alice McDermott quotes: I think 'Charming Billy' ultimately is a novel about faith and what we believe in and, above all, what we choose to believe in. I think 'Charming Billy' ultimately is a novel about faith and what we believe in and, above all, what we choose to believe in.
Alice McDermott quotes: I'm a novelist. I'm not a crusader, and I'm not an editorial writer. And I'm not writing fiction to convince anybody of anything. I'm a novelist. I'm not a crusader, and I'm not an editorial writer. And I'm not writing fiction to convince anybody of anything.
Alice McDermott quotes: A book tour is, first and foremost, an exercise in humility. A book tour is, first and foremost, an exercise in humility.
Alice McDermott quotes: I read a little bit of nonfiction and a lot of poetry. I think of poetry as my shot of whiskey when I don't have time to savor a whole I read a little bit of nonfiction and a lot of poetry. I think of poetry as my shot of whiskey when I don't have time to savor a whole bottle of wine.
Alice McDermott quotes: Character is primary. What happens as far as plot and events is not as intriguing to me as what's happening inside this particular person. Character is primary. What happens as far as plot and events is not as intriguing to me as what's happening inside this particular person.
Alice McDermott quotes: I've always believed you go to literature to find the shared human experience, not the categorized human experience. I've always believed you go to literature to find the shared human experience, not the categorized human experience.
Alice McDermott quotes: I do have friends in Pittsburgh, and I had some wonderful experiences there. I do have friends in Pittsburgh, and I had some wonderful experiences there.
Alice McDermott quotes: Guilt is glorious when it's well earned. Guilt is glorious when it's well earned.
Alice McDermott quotes: A good writer sells out everybody he knows, sooner or later. A good writer sells out everybody he knows, sooner or later.

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