A tendency to make metaphorical connections is an occupational hazard for those of us who write. Alice McDermott connectionhazardmake Change image and share on social
Our task as fiction writers isn't just to report something that didn't really happen. We have to give what we write a sense of reality. The tool of our tradition is language. Alice McDermott fictiongivehappen Change image and share on social
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 buycellcharm Change image and share on social
I am not a theologian or a historian, and I feel no call to become a defender of the faith, so in my case, the search for what remains valuable focuses on language itself: Catholic prayer, ritual, the naming of things. Alice McDermott callcasecatholic share on social
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 eyefelthuman Change image and share on social
My parents were both first-generation Irish Catholics raised in Brooklyn. Alice McDermott brooklyncatholicgeneration Change image and share on social
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 convincecrusadereditorial Change image and share on social
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 cheaphangmurder Change image and share on social
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 differencemakeperson Change image and share on social
