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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?

~Anne Enright

Topics: Am Articulate Bed Brain Coming Different Discourse Head How Interested Interesting Know Levels Narrator Off Part Phone Starting Talking Think Voice Voices Where You Your I Am

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There's no such thing as a life that is not normal, or, there's no such thing as a life that is not abnormal. We all have amazing lives; we all have very dull lives.

~Anne Enright

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If you can just actually let the character be for a bit, then you get the right sense.

~Anne Enright

Topics: Actually Bit Character Get Just Right Sense Then You

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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.

~Anne Enright

Topics: Actually Day Hours Long Months Series Short Some Stillness Time Too Ways Writing

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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.

~Anne Enright

Topics: Book Done Finish Found Instead Job New New Job Right Somehow Sort Story Terrible Thing Whole Win Write Writing You Your

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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.

~Anne Enright

Topics: Am Attempt Believe Books Choice Days Doubts Exactly Grow Grow Up Ireland Know Me Obliged Own Read Really Some Still Then Time Up Writer You Your I Am

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It is very hard to trace the effect of words on a life.

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Topics: Effect Hard Life Trace Very Words

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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.

~Anne Enright

Topics: American American Women Clever Could Heartfelt Hopeful Ireland Jennifer Like Me Messed Moore Much People Some Think Too Too Much Up Who Wish Women Write I Think

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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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Topics: Grandparents Ireland Like More Person Societies Static Tell Where You

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Naming is nice. It took me days before I was able to speak a name for my first child (what if people did not like it?), and I suspect we gave her a secret, second name as well, to keep her safe.

~Anne Enright

Topics: Able Before Child Days Did First First Child Gave Her Keep Like Me Name Naming Nice People Safe Second Secret Speak Suspect Took Well What If

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Author

Born: October 11th, 1962

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