For 10 or 11 years, I had my kids, I wrote four or five books, and I was working all the damn time. Anne Enright bookdamnkid Change image and share on social
I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true. Anne Enright absolutelyirishpeople Change image and share on social
The writing day can be, in some ways, too short, but it's actually a long series of hours, for months at a time, and there is a stillness there. Anne Enright dayhourlong Change image and share on social
I find being Irish quite a wearing thing. It takes so much work because it is a social construction. People think you are going to be this, this, and this. Anne Enright constructionfindirish Change image and share on social
To be able to have the space to sit down and write has always been my central policy. Anne Enright centralpolicysit Change image and share on social
It is very hard to trace the effect of words on a life. Anne Enright effecthardlife Change image and share on social
I'm really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don't confuse the issues, really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two. Anne Enright bookconfusedifference Change image and share on social
I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But Ireland messed me up too much, I think, so I can't. Anne Enright americancleveregan share on social
Recently I read the stories I wrote in my early 20s, to put in a volume. And here is this brittle young woman, writing about marriage as, not the worst thing, but the most boring thing that could happen to a person. Now I think I was wrong. I like to be proven wrong. Anne Enright 20sbadbore share on social
I became a full-time writer in 1993 and have been very happy, insofar as anybody is, since. Anne Enright fullhappytime Change image and share on social