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Monica Ali Quotes

The thing about getting older is that you don’t need everything to be possible any more, you just need things to be certain Picture Quote #1

While she wanted to look neither to her past nor her future, she lived exclusively in both. They had took different paths, but they had journeyed, so she realized, together Picture Quote #1

People don’t get involved with local charities or politics because they think it’s hard to make a difference and the problem feels overwhelming. But I believe that if all I’ve time for this year is to write one letter to the local council, it’s still worth doing Picture Quote #1

You know how if you’re born in a certain situation you always expect your life to run on a steady trajectory? I’ve never really had a sense of that. I assume that life is going to go up and down Picture Quote #1

I started writing ‘Brick Lane’ when my children were two years and five months old. We were on holiday in the north of England when I was overtaken by a compulsion to start writing Picture Quote #1

I like Beryl Bainbridge a great deal, and she is a writer who absolutely demands to be read a second, third, and fourth time. I admire her great courage in leaving so much unsaid and asking the reader to really engage her brain Picture Quote #1

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I guess there’s a sort of cycle with writing books. There’s all the researching and then the imagining and writing - which is the real job - and then there’s always a period when the book comes out and you have to lift your head and venture out Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to get hung up on what ‘people,’ that nebulous mass, think about me. That’s the way to unhappiness, I think Picture Quote #1

A new car is not going to change your life Picture Quote #1

People always want to identify a writer with their protagonist Picture Quote #1

You know how if you’re born in a certain situation you always expect your life to run on a steady trajectory? I’ve never really had a sense of that. I assume that life is going to go up and down Picture Quote #1

The thing about getting older is that you don’t need everything to be possible any more, you just need things to be certain Picture Quote #1

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Some writers are more natural public performers than others; personally I find it quite strange giving interviews. But everyone has parts of their job that they like more than others. You can’t complain if you get to do what you love doing most of the time, can you? Picture Quote #1

I get really excited if I think I’m going to introduce somebody to a writer they haven’t found before and I think they’ll love. My favorite books to get as gifts are any that the giver is messianic about Picture Quote #1

I rarely get a moment to myself, but I love the way that my agenda is dictated by the children, not my work Picture Quote #1

I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it’s the engine of the novel Picture Quote #1

Writing is a deeply immersive experience. When the words are flying, the house could be burgled and I wouldn’t notice. I have a low boredom threshold and I like intensity – writing is a way of escaping the quotidian Picture Quote #1

I was always an outsider, always standing outside, observing and trying to figure things out. Which is exactly what you need to do as a writer, I suppose Picture Quote #1

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The thing about getting older is that you don’t need everything to be possible any more, you just need things to be certain. (Monica Ali Quotes) While she wanted to look neither to her past nor her future, she lived exclusively in both. They had took different paths, but they had journeyed, so she realized, together. (Monica Ali Quotes) People don’t get involved with local charities or politics because they think it’s hard to make a difference and the problem feels overwhelming. But I believe that if all I’ve time for this year is to write one letter to the local council, it’s still worth doing. (Monica Ali Quotes) You know how if you’re born in a certain situation you always expect your life to run on a steady trajectory? I’ve never really had a sense of that. I assume that life is going to go up and down. (Monica Ali Quotes) I started writing ‘Brick Lane’ when my children were two years and five months old. We were on holiday in the north of England when I was overtaken by a compulsion to start writing (Monica Ali Quotes) I like Beryl Bainbridge a great deal, and she is a writer who absolutely demands to be read a second, third, and fourth time. I admire her great courage in leaving so much unsaid and asking the reader to really engage her brain (Monica Ali Quotes) I guess there’s a sort of cycle with writing books. There’s all the researching and then the imagining and writing - which is the real job - and then there’s always a period when the book comes out and you have to lift your head and venture out (Monica Ali Quotes) I don’t want to get hung up on what ‘people,’ that nebulous mass, think about me. That’s the way to unhappiness, I think (Monica Ali Quotes) A new car is not going to change your life (Monica Ali Quotes) People always want to identify a writer with their protagonist (Monica Ali Quotes) You know how if you’re born in a certain situation you always expect your life to run on a steady trajectory? I’ve never really had a sense of that. I assume that life is going to go up and down (Monica Ali Quotes) The thing about getting older is that you don’t need everything to be possible any more, you just need things to be certain (Monica Ali Quotes) Some writers are more natural public performers than others; personally I find it quite strange giving interviews. But everyone has parts of their job that they like more than others. You can’t complain if you get to do what you love doing most of the time, can you? (Monica Ali Quotes) I get really excited if I think I’m going to introduce somebody to a writer they haven’t found before and I think they’ll love. My favorite books to get as gifts are any that the giver is messianic about (Monica Ali Quotes) I rarely get a moment to myself, but I love the way that my agenda is dictated by the children, not my work (Monica Ali Quotes) I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it’s the engine of the novel (Monica Ali Quotes) Writing is a deeply immersive experience. When the words are flying, the house could be burgled and I wouldn’t notice. I have a low boredom threshold and I like intensity – writing is a way of escaping the quotidian (Monica Ali Quotes) I was always an outsider, always standing outside, observing and trying to figure things out. Which is exactly what you need to do as a writer, I suppose (Monica Ali Quotes)