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

Anne Enright

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Anne Enright
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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Nothing had happened yet in my life except the need to get out of it.
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Resistless change, when powerless to improve, Can only mar.
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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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Remember, if you sit at your desk for 15 or 20 years, every day, not counting weekends, it changes you. It just does. It may not improve your temper, but it fixes something else. It makes you more free.
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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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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.
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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 have no place left to live but in my own heart.
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