Anne Enright Quotes
Author (1962-2010)

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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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I am a trembling mess from hip to knee. There is a terrible heat, a looseness in my innards that makes me want to dig my fists between my thighs. It is a confusing feeling - somewhere between diarrhoea and sex - this grief that is almost genital.

I am a trembling mess from hip to knee. There is a terrible heat, a looseness in my innards that makes me want to dig my fists between my thighs. It is a confusing feeling - somewhere between diarrhoea and sex - this grief that is almost genital.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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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.

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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.

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Only bad writers think that their work is really good.

Only bad writers think that their work is really good.

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I think young children in the western middle classes are objects of incredible anxiety.

I think young children in the western middle classes are objects of incredible anxiety.

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You write a book and you finish the book. That's your job done, right? You win the booker and you have a whole new job. You have to be the thing, right? So instead of writing the story, you somehow are the story. And that i found that sort of terrible.

You write a book and you finish the book. That's your job done, right? You win the booker and you have a whole new job. You have to be the thing, right? So instead of writing the story, you somehow are the story. And that i found that sort of terrible.

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If you try to control it too much, the book is dead. You have to let it fall apart quite early on and let it start doing its own thing. And that takes nerve, not to panic that the book you were going to write is not the book you will have at the end of the day.

If you try to control it too much, the book is dead. You have to let it fall apart quite early on and let it start doing its own thing. And that takes nerve, not to panic that the book you were going to write is not the book you will have at the end of the day.

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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.

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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.

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If you grow up in ireland and read books then you really are obliged to attempt your own some time. It is not exactly a choice. I still don't know if i am a writer. Believe me, there are days when i have my doubts.

If you grow up in ireland and read books then you really are obliged to attempt your own some time. It is not exactly a choice. I still don't know if i am a writer. Believe me, there are days when i have my doubts.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I think its very important to write a demythologized woman character. My characters are flawed. They are no better than they should be.

I think its very important to write a demythologized woman character. My characters are flawed. They are no better than they should be.

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My kids are supposed to live till they are one hundred. You don't have to have a perfect house or a perfect relationship with your child or a perfect child, and you yourself do not have to be perfect.

My kids are supposed to live till they are one hundred. You don't have to have a perfect house or a perfect relationship with your child or a perfect child, and you yourself do not have to be perfect.

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There's quite a big gap when it comes to that dual identity of mother and child, or even a pregnant woman, or a nursing woman. It kind of begs the question of that very strong western idea of the individual self.

There's quite a big gap when it comes to that dual identity of mother and child, or even a pregnant woman, or a nursing woman. It kind of begs the question of that very strong western idea of the individual self.

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The only way to write a book, im fond of telling people, is to actually write a book. Thats how you write a book.

The only way to write a book, im fond of telling people, is to actually write a book. Thats how you write a book.

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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.

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I write anywhere - when i have an idea its hard not to write. I used to be kind of precious about where i wrote. Everything had to be quiet and i couldnt be disturbed, it really filled my day.

I write anywhere - when i have an idea its hard not to write. I used to be kind of precious about where i wrote. Everything had to be quiet and i couldnt be disturbed, it really filled my day.

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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.

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