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Any adjective you put before the noun 'writer' is going to be limiting in some way. Whether it's feminist writer, Jewish writer, Russian writer, or whatever.

~Alice Mcdermott

Topics: Adjective Any Before Feminist Going Jewish Limiting Noun Put Russian Some Way Whatever Whether Writer You

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Most of the characters I write with don't think an awful lot about their faith. They're not always questioning the church or feeling confined by the church or rebelling against the church.

~Alice Mcdermott

Topics: About Against Always Awful Awful Lot Characters Church Confined Faith Feeling Lot Most Questioning Think Write I Write

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As a writer, you have to put yourself in service to the character, get behind their eyes by delineating the world where the character develops. You have to listen to the character and see him inside his certain world to know what conclusions he would draw.

~Alice Mcdermott

Topics: Behind Certain Character Conclusions Develops Draw Eyes Get He Him His Inside Know Listen Put See Service Where World Would Writer You Yourself

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I'm more interested in character than events. I've observed that about myself as a writer. I find events, even the most dramatic sort, not to be such fertile ground.

~Alice Mcdermott

Topics: About Character Dramatic Even Events Fertile Find Ground Interested More Most Myself Observed Sort Than Writer

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Character is primary. What happens as far as plot and events is not as intriguing to me as what's happening inside this particular person.

~Alice Mcdermott

Topics: As Far As Character Events Far Happening Happens Inside Intriguing Me Particular Person Plot Primary

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Our task as fiction writers isn't just to report something that didn't really happen. We have to give what we write a sense of reality. The tool of our tradition is language.

~Alice Mcdermott

Topics: Fiction Fiction Writers Give Happen Just Language Our Reality Really Report Sense Something Task Tool Tradition Write Writers

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: June 27th, 1953

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