I have a great fondness for the liars in my stories. Alice McDermott fondnessgreatliar Change image and share on social
As a writer, you have to put yourself in service to the character, get behind their eyes by delineating the world where the character develops. You have to listen to the character and see him inside his certain world to know what conclusions he would draw. Alice McDermott characterconclusiondelineat share on social
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 claimconcernkind Change image and share on social
My children have gone to Catholic school... Part of their whole education is talking about the inner life and looking at your life, even though you're only 15 or 16 - thinking about your mortality, thinking about the value of your life, thinking about your obligations. Alice McDermott catholicchildeducation share on social
In the act of reading, especially reading fiction, where a world is being created, all kinds of matters of belief come into play. Alice McDermott actbeliefcreate Change image and share on social
What interests me is whatever it is that allows the heart to continue to yearn for something the intelligence knows is impossible to have: a lost love, a shelter from life's blows, the return of a time past, even a connection to the dead. Alice McDermott blowconnectioncontinue share on social
My own 'sentimental favorite' is always the novel I haven't yet written - I suppose that's the one I consider my 'masterpiece' as well. Alice McDermott favoritemasterpiecesentimental Change image and share on social
I believe that the interior life is the same for all of us. And because they're steeped in faith, Irish-American Catholics are a people who have a language for the examined life. Alice McDermott americancatholicexamine Change image and share on social
For immigrant generations especially, family is the first structure, or shelter, for a people who are in exile. Alice McDermott exilefamilygeneration Change image and share on social
