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.

I would certainly never consider myself a Renaissance Man; I'm not fit to look at the dust from the chariot wheels of many of those who have gone before me.

I would certainly never consider myself a Renaissance Man; I'm not fit to look at the dust from the chariot wheels of many of those who have gone before me.

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

I am capable of being idle.

I am capable of being idle.

Alexander McCall Smith

Well, I'd say all of us are a combination of moods and emotions. In my day to day life I don't go around skipping, but at times one can feel sheer exhilarating joy at the world.

Well, I'd say all of us are a combination of moods and emotions. In my day to day life I don't go around skipping, but at times one can feel sheer exhilarating joy at the world.

Alexander McCall Smith

Who can't like pigs? They're wonderful creatures! I've always liked pigs.

Who can't like pigs? They're wonderful creatures! I've always liked pigs.

Alexander McCall Smith

Edinburgh used to be a haughty city.

Edinburgh used to be a haughty city.

Alexander McCall Smith

You're always told by your publisher that you must only write one book a year and some years you should perhaps write none at all.

You're always told by your publisher that you must only write one book a year and some years you should perhaps write none at all.

Alexander McCall Smith

Every single day, I get letters - very moving, overwhelming letters - testifying how much my books have meant to people in times of crisis in their lives, when they were very ill, say. If I ever doubted that writing could play an important part in people's lives, I don't doubt that now.

Alexander McCall Smith

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

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

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

Alexander McCall Smith

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