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Anne Enright Quotes

Here we go again. Always a few drinks, but sometimes even sober, we play the unhappiness game; endlessly round and round. Ding dong. Tighter and tighter. On and on. Push me pull you. Come here and I’ll tell you how much I hate you. Hang on a minute while I leave you. All the while we know we are missing the point, whatever the point used to be Picture Quote #1

I think you know everything at eight. But is is hidden from you, sealed up, in a way you have to cut yourself open to find Picture Quote #1

Cats, I always think, only jump into your lap to check if you are cold enough, yet, to eat Picture Quote #1

We have lost the art of public tenderness, these small gestures of wiping and washing; we have forgotten how abjectly the body welcomes a formal touch Picture Quote #1

There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I’m not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line Picture Quote #1

The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page Picture Quote #1

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Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand Picture Quote #1

There are so few people given us to love. I want to tell my daughters this, that each time you fall in love it is important, even at nineteen. Especially at nineteen. And if you can, at nineteen, count the people you love on one hand, you will not, at forty, have run out of fingers on the other. There are so few people given us to love and they all stick Picture Quote #1

I have a small room to write in. One wall is completely covered in books. And I face the window with the curtain closed to stop the light hitting the computer Picture Quote #1

I never wanted to be mainstream as a writer, but look at what’s happened Picture Quote #1

I think it’s very important to write a demythologized woman character. My characters are flawed. They are no better than they should be Picture Quote #1

I’m quite interested in the absolute roots of narrative, why we tell stories at all: where the monsters come from Picture Quote #1

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If you can just actually let the character be for a bit, then you get the right sense Picture Quote #1

For 10 or 11 years, I had my kids, I wrote four or five books, and I was working all the damn time Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

To be able to have the space to sit down and write has always been my central policy Picture Quote #1

When I’m working, I’m not so much disciplined as obsessive. I have this feeling that I need to clear everything away and get this down Picture Quote #1

I am interested in levels of brain discourse. How articulate are the voices in your head? You know, there’s a different voice for the phone, and a different voice if you’re talking in bed. When you’re starting off with a narrator, it’s interesting to think, where is their voice coming from, what part of their brain? Picture Quote #1

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No woman that I know is capable of leaving her child down for thirty seconds. She can’t walk away without making sure that everything is absolutely as secure and safe for her child as can be Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I work at the sentences. Many of the things people find distinctive about my writing, I think of as natural Picture Quote #1

There is nothing as tentative as an old woman’s touch; as loving or as horrible Picture Quote #1

God, I hate my family, these people I never chose to love, but love all the same Picture Quote #1

There are about as many ways to be dead as there are to be alive. People linger in different ways, both publicly and privately Picture Quote #1

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I think writers worry that you might not exist in some strange way if you’re not writing Picture Quote #1

If your life just falls apart early on, you can put it together again. Its the people who are always on the brink of crisis who don’t hit bottom who are in trouble Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I will spend two or three days not speaking to anyone outside of the immediate family when they come home, and then I find that I’ve been emailing like fury. Once you give in to that silence, it’s quite nice Picture Quote #1

I love the characters not knowing everything and the reader knowing more than them. There’s more mischief in that and more room for seriousness, too Picture Quote #1

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Here we go again. Always a few drinks, but sometimes even sober, we play the unhappiness game; endlessly round and round. Ding dong. Tighter and tighter. On and on. Push me pull you. Come here and I’ll tell you how much I hate you. Hang on a minute while I leave you. All the while we know we are missing the point, whatever the point used to be (Anne Enright Quotes) I think you know everything at eight. But is is hidden from you, sealed up, in a way you have to cut yourself open to find (Anne Enright Quotes) Cats, I always think, only jump into your lap to check if you are cold enough, yet, to eat (Anne Enright Quotes) We have lost the art of public tenderness, these small gestures of wiping and washing; we have forgotten how abjectly the body welcomes a formal touch (Anne Enright Quotes) There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I’m not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line (Anne Enright Quotes) The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page (Anne Enright Quotes) Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand (Anne Enright Quotes) There are so few people given us to love. I want to tell my daughters this, that each time you fall in love it is important, even at nineteen. Especially at nineteen. And if you can, at nineteen, count the people you love on one hand, you will not, at forty, have run out of fingers on the other. There are so few people given us to love and they all stick (Anne Enright Quotes) I have a small room to write in. One wall is completely covered in books. And I face the window with the curtain closed to stop the light hitting the computer (Anne Enright Quotes) I never wanted to be mainstream as a writer, but look at what’s happened (Anne Enright Quotes) I think it’s very important to write a demythologized woman character. My characters are flawed. They are no better than they should be (Anne Enright Quotes) I’m quite interested in the absolute roots of narrative, why we tell stories at all: where the monsters come from (Anne Enright Quotes) If you can just actually let the character be for a bit, then you get the right sense (Anne Enright Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) To be able to have the space to sit down and write has always been my central policy (Anne Enright Quotes) When I’m working, I’m not so much disciplined as obsessive. I have this feeling that I need to clear everything away and get this down (Anne Enright Quotes) I am interested in levels of brain discourse. How articulate are the voices in your head? You know, there’s a different voice for the phone, and a different voice if you’re talking in bed. When you’re starting off with a narrator, it’s interesting to think, where is their voice coming from, what part of their brain? (Anne Enright Quotes) No woman that I know is capable of leaving her child down for thirty seconds. She can’t walk away without making sure that everything is absolutely as secure and safe for her child as can be (Anne Enright Quotes) 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 Quotes) I work at the sentences. Many of the things people find distinctive about my writing, I think of as natural (Anne Enright Quotes) There is nothing as tentative as an old woman’s touch; as loving or as horrible (Anne Enright Quotes) God, I hate my family, these people I never chose to love, but love all the same (Anne Enright Quotes) There are about as many ways to be dead as there are to be alive. People linger in different ways, both publicly and privately (Anne Enright Quotes) I think writers worry that you might not exist in some strange way if you’re not writing (Anne Enright Quotes) If your life just falls apart early on, you can put it together again. Its the people who are always on the brink of crisis who don’t hit bottom who are in trouble (Anne Enright Quotes) Sometimes I will spend two or three days not speaking to anyone outside of the immediate family when they come home, and then I find that I’ve been emailing like fury. Once you give in to that silence, it’s quite nice (Anne Enright Quotes) I love the characters not knowing everything and the reader knowing more than them. There’s more mischief in that and more room for seriousness, too (Anne Enright Quotes)

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