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I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.
Anne Enright
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Anne Enright
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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I was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely.
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A novel is written not to be judged, but experienced.
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Writing is not my problem, it is my solution.
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I think writers worry that you might not exist in some strange way if you're not writing.
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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.
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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.
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To be able to have the space to sit down and write has always been my central policy.
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Cats, I always think, only jump into your lap to check if you are cold enough, yet, to eat.
Anne Enright
People think motherhood involves a lot of domestic labor, and it doesn't. It involves being nice to your children as often as possible. That's part of my trick. I don't have that anxiety about meeting their needs.
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And, in fact, this is the tale that I would love to write: history is such a romantic place, with its jarveys and urchins and side-buttoned boots. If it would just stay still, I think, and settle down. If it would just stop sliding around in my head.
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A drinker does not exist. Whatever they say, it is just the drink talking.
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In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.
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The truth. The dead want nothing else. It is the only thing that they require.
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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?
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I think it’s very important to write a demythologized woman character. My characters are flawed. They are no better than they should be.
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Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.
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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.
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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.
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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
Belief needs something terrible to make it work, I find--blood, nails, a bit of anguish.
Anne Enright
