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Anne Enright Quotes: "Only bad writers think that their work is really good."

Only bad writers think that their work is really good.



Anne Enright Quotes: "Write whatever way you like. Fiction is made of words on a page; reality is made of something else. It doesn't matter how "real" your story is, or how "made up": what matters is its necessity."

Write whatever way you like. Fiction is made of words on a page; reality is made of something else. It doesn't matter how "real" your story is, or how "made up": what matters is its necessity.




Anne Enright Quotes: "God, I hate my family, these people I never chose to love, but love all the same."

God, I hate my family, these people I never chose to love, but love all the same.



Anne Enright Quotes: "We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice."

We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice.




Anne Enright Quotes: "I have no place left to live but in my own heart."

I have no place left to live but in my own heart.



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."

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: "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."

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: "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."

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: "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 Quotes: "Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand."

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



Anne Enright Quotes: "Try to be accurate about stuff."

Try to be accurate about stuff.



Anne Enright Quotes: "I am interested in silences"

I am interested in silences




Anne Enright Quotes: "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 Quotes: "I do not believe in evil- I believe that we are human and fallible, that we things and spoil them in an ordinary way."

I do not believe in evil- I believe that we are human and fallible, that we things and spoil them in an ordinary way.



Anne Enright Quotes: "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 Quotes: "Nothing had happened yet in my life except the need to get out of it."

Nothing had happened yet in my life except the need to get out of it.



Anne Enright Quotes: "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 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."

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: "I'm very keenly aware that there aren't very many women writing literary fiction in Ireland and so that gives me a sense that what I say matters, in some small way."

I'm very keenly aware that there aren't very many women writing literary fiction in Ireland and so that gives me a sense that what I say matters, in some small way.



Anne Enright Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The only way to write a book, I’m fond of telling people, is to actually write a book. That’s how you write a book."

The only way to write a book, I’m fond of telling people, is to actually write a book. That’s how you write a book.



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."

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 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."

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 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 Quotes: "If you can just actually let the character be for a bit, then you get the right sense."

If you can just actually let the character be for a bit, then you get the right sense.



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."

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 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 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."

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: "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."

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: "A novel is written not to be judged, but experienced."

A novel is written not to be judged, but experienced.



Anne Enright Quotes: "There is nothing as tentative as an old woman's touch; as loving or as horrible."

There is nothing as tentative as an old woman's touch; as loving or as horrible.



Anne Enright Quotes: "Naming is nice. It took me days before I was able to speak a name for my first child (what if people did not like it?), and I suspect we gave her a secret, second name as well, to keep her safe."

Naming is nice. It took me days before I was able to speak a name for my first child (what if people did not like it?), and I suspect we gave her a secret, second name as well, to keep her safe.



Anne Enright Quotes: "The truth. The dead want nothing else. It is the only thing that they require."

The truth. The dead want nothing else. It is the only thing that they require.



Anne Enright Quotes: "One of the reasons I write is I like being surprised"

One of the reasons I write is I like being surprised



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."

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: "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."

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: "Resistless change, when powerless to improve, Can only mar."

Resistless change, when powerless to improve, Can only mar.



Anne Enright Quotes: "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 Quotes: "When you find yourself alone, or in a transition, you dream more. These are also the times when you read books."

When you find yourself alone, or in a transition, you dream more. These are also the times when you read books.



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."

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: "There are about as many ways to be dead as there are to be alive. People linger in different ways, both publicly and privately."

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 do not think we remember our family in any real sense. We live in them instead"

I do not think we remember our family in any real sense. We live in them instead



Anne Enright Quotes: "A drinker does not exist. Whatever they say, it is just the drink talking."

A drinker does not exist. Whatever they say, it is just the drink talking.



Anne Enright Quotes: "Cats, I always think, only jump into your lap to check if you are cold enough, yet, to eat."

Cats, I always think, only jump into your lap to check if you are cold enough, yet, to eat.



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 dont hit bottom who are in trouble."

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 dont hit bottom who are in trouble.



Anne Enright Quotes: "Belief needs something terrible to make it work, I find--blood, nails, a bit of anguish."

Belief needs something terrible to make it work, I find--blood, nails, a bit of anguish.



Anne Enright Quotes: "Writing is not my problem, it is my solution."

Writing is not my problem, it is my solution.



Anne Enright Quotes: "People whose lives are upside down often read fiction. When you're not sure where you'll end up or how you are going to be, and you're looking for some way forward, fiction is a great friend."

People whose lives are upside down often read fiction. When you're not sure where you'll end up or how you are going to be, and you're looking for some way forward, fiction is a great friend.



Anne Enright Quotes: "I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true."

I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.