Top 51 Quotes by Alexander McCall Smith

About Alexander McCall Smith

These are some quotes by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith Writer, who was born on August 24, 1948.

Serial novels have an unexpected effect; they hook the writer as well as the reader.

Serial novels have an unexpected effect; they hook the writer as well as the reader.

Alexander McCall Smith

A very powerful theme in fiction is that of loss.

A very powerful theme in fiction is that of loss.

Alexander McCall Smith

I've always had a creative urge and I get immense satisfaction from creating something because it feels like I'm making sense of the world and imposing order on it.

I've always had a creative urge and I get immense satisfaction from creating something because it feels like I'm making sense of the world and imposing order on it.

Alexander McCall Smith

I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as being very special. They've made a great success of their country, and the people are fed up with the constant reporting of only the problems and poverty of the continent. They welcome something which puts the positive side.

Alexander McCall Smith

The local community is very important in one's life; the feelings of identification with a place and people.

The local community is very important in one's life; the feelings of identification with a place and people.

Alexander McCall Smith

I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give out prizes; it's amazing how it concentrates their minds.

I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give out prizes; it's amazing how it concentrates their minds.

Alexander McCall Smith

The Okavango Delta is an astonishing sight: the great Okavango River, rather than flow towards the sea, flows inland, into the sands of the Kalahari.

The Okavango Delta is an astonishing sight: the great Okavango River, rather than flow towards the sea, flows inland, into the sands of the Kalahari.

Alexander McCall Smith

Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to be told what to do.

Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to be told what to do.

Alexander McCall Smith

I'm very interested in tea. I wouldn't mind being involved in some aspect of the tea industry.

I'm very interested in tea. I wouldn't mind being involved in some aspect of the tea industry.

Alexander McCall Smith

Writing fiction, I really just sit there and it just comes.

Writing fiction, I really just sit there and it just comes.

Alexander McCall Smith

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