WIST Quotations

Enright, Anne -- The Gathering (2007)

Dave — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 19:00:40 +0000

Cats, I always think, only jump into your lap to check if you are cold enough, yet, to eat.

Anne Enright (b. 1962) Irish writer
The Gathering (2007)
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Enright, Anne -- In “Ten Rules for Writing Fiction,” The Guardian (20 Feb 2010)

Dave — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:37:50 +0000

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 (b. 1962) Irish writer
In “Ten Rules for Writing Fiction,” The Guardian (20 Feb 2010)
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Enright, Anne -- In “Ten Rules for Writing Fiction,” The Guardian (20 Feb 2010)

Dave — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:22:58 +0000

Only bad writers think that their work is really good.

Anne Enright (b. 1962) Irish writer
In “Ten Rules for Writing Fiction,” The Guardian (20 Feb 2010)
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Enright, Anne -- In “Ten Rules for Writing Fiction,” The Guardian (20 Feb 2010)

Dave — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:17:26 +0000

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 (b. 1962) Irish writer
In “Ten Rules for Writing Fiction,” The Guardian (20 Feb 2010)
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