148 Quotes by Anne Enright

I do not believe in evil- I believe that we are human and fallible, that we things and spoil them in an ordinary way.

My kids are supposed to live till they are one hundred. You don't have to have a perfect house or a perfect relationship with your child or a perfect child, and you yourself do not have to be perfect.

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.

Try to be accurate about stuff.

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.

People whose lives are upside down often read fiction. When you're not sure where you'll end up or how you are going to be, and you're looking for some way forward, fiction is a great friend.

Only bad writers think that their work is really good.

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.

Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.