Alice McDermott Quotes

I've got to hear the rhythm of the sentences; I want the music of the prose. I want to see ordinary things transformed not by the circumstances in which I see them but by the language with which they're described. That's what I love when I read.

Alice McDermott

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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.

Fatima Sana Shaikh
- Know
- Never
- Feel
I love the quality of TIDAL. I appreciate what they're trying to do and what they're trying to accomplish.

Fat Joe
I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that I would run into what is known as the writer's block, the feeling of not being able to do these things.

A. E. van Vogt
- Feeling
- Years
- End
I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.

Madeleine Albright
- Up
- Women
- Thought
When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.

Jack Nicholson
- Thinking
- Women
- Movie
Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.

Gary Larson
- Good
- Think
- Me