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'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

Fiction is able to encompass books that are bleak and which dwell on the manifold and terrible problems of our times. But I don't think that all books need to have that particular focus.

Fiction is able to encompass books that are bleak and which dwell on the manifold and terrible problems of our times. But I don't think that all books need to have that particular focus.

Alexander McCall Smith

The wider your readership, the greater the chances of offending your readers.

The wider your readership, the greater the chances of offending your readers.

Alexander McCall Smith

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

Alexander McCall Smith

Baboons take a bit of getting to know but, apparently, once you break the ice, so to speak, they are complex and interesting creatures with elaborate societies.

Baboons take a bit of getting to know but, apparently, once you break the ice, so to speak, they are complex and interesting creatures with elaborate societies.

Alexander McCall Smith

I just focus on getting the first scene right, with a few lines about the overall plot, and then the book grows organically.

I just focus on getting the first scene right, with a few lines about the overall plot, and then the book grows organically.

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

Oh I love gadgets and I pride myself on keeping at the cutting edge of technology.

Oh I love gadgets and I pride myself on keeping at the cutting edge of technology.

Alexander McCall Smith

The point of opera is that people are moved by the emotions and music.

The point of opera is that people are moved by the emotions and music.

Alexander McCall Smith

It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others.

It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others.

Alexander McCall Smith

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