Top 66 Quotes by Alice McDermott

About Alice McDermott

These are some quotes by American author Alice McDermott Writer, who was born on June 27, 1953.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Those of us who know the transporting wonder of a reading life know that it little matters where we are when we talk about books or meet authors or bemoan the state of publishing because when we read, we are always inside, sheltered in that interior room, that clean, well-lighted, timeless place that is the written word.

Alice McDermott

I've got to hear the rhythm of the sentences; I want the music of the prose. I want to see ordinary things transformed not by the circumstances in which I see them but by the language with which they're described. That's what I love when I read.

Alice McDermott

After a long run of almost thirty years, you get to the point where you say, 'These are my concerns.' It's not so much this is what I set out to claim - it is a kind of refrain.

After a long run of almost thirty years, you get to the point where you say, 'These are my concerns.' It's not so much this is what I set out to claim - it is a kind of refrain.

Alice McDermott

It worries me that undergrads and high school students are forced into books they aren't ready for, like Faulkner's, and then they are afraid of putting their toes in the water again.

It worries me that undergrads and high school students are forced into books they aren't ready for, like Faulkner's, and then they are afraid of putting their toes in the water again.

Alice McDermott

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