There often is a dark secret in books... There is often a gathering sense of dread; there's a gap sometimes in the text from which all kinds of monsters can emerge. Anne Enright More Quotes by Anne Enright More Quotes From Anne Enright People do not change, they are merely revealed. Anne Enright people There are so few people given us to love. I want to tell my daughters this, that each time you fall in love it is important, even at nineteen. Especially at nineteen. And if you can, at nineteen, count the people you love on one hand, you will not, at forty, have run out of fingers on the other. There are so few people given us to love and they all stick. Anne Enright falling-in-love daughter running 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 phones talking thinking There's quite a big gap when it comes to that dual identity of mother and child, or even a pregnant woman, or a nursing woman. It kind of begs the question of that very strong Western idea of the individual self. Anne Enright strong mother children I’m really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don’t confuse the issues really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two. Anne Enright who-i-am two book Imagine that you are dying. If you had a terminal disease would you finish this book? Why not? The thing that annoys this 10-weeks-to-live self is the thing that is wrong with the book. So change it. Stop arguing with yourself. Change it. See? Easy. And no one had to die. Anne Enright dying self book There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line. Anne Enright lines dream men Try to be accurate about stuff. Anne Enright accuracy stuff trying Only bad writers think that their work is really good. Anne Enright good-writing writing thinking 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 writing jobs book Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand. Anne Enright opinion writing world Write whatever way you like. Fiction is made of words on a page; reality is made of something else. It doesn't matter how "real" your story is, or how "made up": what matters is its necessity. Anne Enright what-matters real writing God, I hate my family, these people I never chose to love, but love all the same. Anne Enright i-hate hate people Resistless change, when powerless to improve, Can only mar. Anne Enright mars powerless change A novel is written not to be judged, but experienced. Anne Enright judged written novel We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice. Anne Enright choices people The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page. Anne Enright pages writing book Having kids is very difficult to do on your own, and it's really crazy difficult to think you're doing it as a team and to find out that you're not actually part of a team. Anne Enright team crazy kids When you find yourself alone, or in a transition, you dream more. These are also the times when you read books. Anne Enright finding-yourself dream book There are little thoughts in your head that can grow until they eat your entire mind. Just tiny little thoughts--they are like a cancer, there is no telling what triggers the spread, or who will be struck, and why some get it and others are spared. Anne Enright cancer mind littles
