Top 33 Quotes by Anne Enright

About Anne Enright

These are some quotes by Irish author Anne Enright Author, who was born on October 11, 1962.

I was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely.

I was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely.

Anne Enright

I write anywhere - when I have an idea, it's hard not to write. I used to be kind of precious about where I wrote. Everything had to be quiet and I couldn't be disturbed; it really filled my day.

I write anywhere - when I have an idea, it's hard not to write. I used to be kind of precious about where I wrote. Everything had to be quiet and I couldn't be disturbed; it really filled my day.

Anne Enright

I never wanted to be mainstream as a writer, but look at what's happened.

I never wanted to be mainstream as a writer, but look at what's happened.

Anne Enright

In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.

In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.

Anne Enright

It is very hard to trace the effect of words on a life.

It is very hard to trace the effect of words on a life.

Anne Enright

I'm quite interested in the absolute roots of narrative, why we tell stories at all: where the monsters come from.

I'm quite interested in the absolute roots of narrative, why we tell stories at all: where the monsters come from.

Anne Enright

There's no such thing as a life that is not normal, or, there's no such thing as a life that is not abnormal. We all have amazing lives; we all have very dull lives.

There's no such thing as a life that is not normal, or, there's no such thing as a life that is not abnormal. We all have amazing lives; we all have very dull lives.

Anne Enright

I became a full-time writer in 1993 and have been very happy, insofar as anybody is, since.

I became a full-time writer in 1993 and have been very happy, insofar as anybody is, since.

Anne Enright

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

Ireland is a series of stories that have been told to us, starting with the Irish Celtic national revival. I never believed in 'Old Ireland.' It has been made all of kitsch by the diaspora, looking back and deciding what Ireland is. Yes, it is green. Yes, it is friendly. I can't think of anything else for definite.

Anne Enright

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