If people aren't creating literature, there would be nothing for people to criticize. Alistair MacLeod More Quotes by Alistair MacLeod More Quotes From Alistair MacLeod All of us are better when we're loved. Alistair MacLeod And then there came into my heart a very great love for my father and I thought it was very much braver to spend a life doing what you really do not want rather than selfishly following forever your own dreams and inclinations. Alistair MacLeod dream heart father Perhaps it is better to have a place to go to that you hate than to have no place at all. Alistair MacLeod places-to-go hate No one has ever said that life is to be easy. Only that it is to be lived. Alistair MacLeod life-is easy said I like to think that I am telling a story rather than writing it. Alistair MacLeod stories writing thinking Writers write about what worries them. Alistair MacLeod worry writing A Fiddle for Angus is a charming tale. This is a very fine book. Alistair MacLeod fine charming book Today there is a division between those who write about literature and those who create it. I, obviously, don't think that should be there. Alistair MacLeod create think literature today There is a kind of belief among my students that things that are true are interesting. But most things that are true are not interesting. Four pages describing how I got up and brushed my teeth in the morning would kill you. Alistair MacLeod true you students morning
