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In grammar school I read 'Act One' by Moss Hart, and being a playwright struck me as the most magical and romantic career anyone could have... But I never did write a play.

~Alice Mcdermott

Topics: Act Anyone Being Career Could Did Grammar Grammar School Hart Magical Me Moss Most Never Play Playwright Read Romantic School Struck Write

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In those early days, the important thing was the happy ending. I did not tolerate unhappy endings - for my heroines, anyway. And later on, I began to read things like 'Wuthering Heights,' and very, very unhappy endings would take place, so I changed my ideas completely and went in for the tragic, which I enjoyed.

~Alice Munro

Topics: Anyway Began Changed Days Did Early Early Days Ending Endings Enjoyed Happy Happy Ending Heights Heroines Ideas Important Important Thing Later Like Place Read Take Thing Things Those Tolerate Tragic Unhappy Very Which Would

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I don't think that much about my relationship with my mother and what it did to me. I sometimes feel terrible regret about her, what her life must have been like. Often, when I'm enjoying something, I think of how meager her rewards were and how much courage, in a way, she needed to go on living.

~Alice Munro

Topics: About Been Courage Did Enjoying Feel Go Her How How Much Life Like Living Me Mother Much Must Needed Often Regret Relationship Rewards She Something Sometimes Terrible Think Way Were I Think

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I think, when you are growing up, you have to pull apart from what your mother wants or needs. You've got to go your own way, and that's what I did.

~Alice Munro

Topics: Apart Did Go Got Growing Growing Up Mother Needs Own Pull Think Up Wants Way You Your I Think

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William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan, and Mary Lavin, another Irish writer. There were a lot of writers that I found in 'The New Yorker' in the Fifties who wrote about the same type of material I did - about emotions and places.

~Alice Munro

Topics: About American Another Did Emotions Favorite Fifties Found Irish Lot Mary Material New New Yorker North North American Places Same Think Type Used Were Who William Write Writer Writers Wrote Yorker I Think

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When I did 'Rocky Horror,' I didn't want to meet the audience afterward, because they'd been having a good time yelling names at me all night, and I didn't really want to tell them that I didn't have such a good time being yelled at all night.

~Alice Ripley

Topics: Afterwards All Night Audience Because Been Being Did Good Good Time Having Having A Good Time Horror Me Meet Names Night Really Rocky Tell Them Time Want Yelled Yelling

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I did grow up in a small town. I grew up in a lot of different places. But I consider my home to be Cleveland.

~Alice Ripley

Topics: Cleveland Consider Did Different Different Places Grew Grow Grow Up Home Lot Places Small Small Town Town Up

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I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Age Church Did Early Early Age Everything Feel Felt Nature Never Should Spirit Touch Understood Universe Very Very Early Age Walking Woods

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I'm entirely interested in people, and also other creatures and beings, but especially in people, and I tend to read them by emotional field more than anything. So I have a special interest in what they're thinking and who they are and who's hiding behind those eyes and how did he get there, and what's the story, really?

~Alice Walker

Topics: Also Anything Behind Beings Creatures Did Emotional Entirely Eyes Field Get He Hiding How Interest Interested More More Than Anything Other People Read Really Special Special Interest Story Tend Than Them Thinking Those Who

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My mother had bought a sewing machine for me. When I went away to college, she gave me a sewing machine, a typewriter and a suitcase, and my mother made $17 a week working as a maid 12 hours a day, and she did that for me.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Away Bought College Day Did Gave Had Hours Machine Made Maid Me Mother Sewing She Suitcase Typewriter Week Working

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