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title: "18 Alice Munro Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Alice Munro quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Alice Munro sayings and thoughts."
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> [My favorite short stories are by Alice Munro, especially her collections 'Carried Away' and 'Runaway.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/my-favorite-short-stories-are-by-alice-munro-especially-her/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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> [Alice Munro is an atomic writer blasting doors into narrative time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-means/alice-munro-is-an-atomic-writer-blasting-doors-into-narrative-time/)

[David Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-means/)

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> [Peggy Atwood, Alice Munro, Hugh Hood, Michael Ondaatje - these are all old friends from my early 20s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-blaise/peggy-atwood-alice-munro-hugh-hood-michael-ondaatje-these-are-all-old/)

[Clark Blaise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-blaise/)

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> [Alice Munro can move characters through time in a way that no other writer can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/alice-munro-can-move-characters-through-time-in-a-way-that-no-other/)

[Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/)

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> [I couldn't choose a favourite author, but two contemporary writers who have never disappointed me are Tim Winton and Alice Munro.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariella-frostrup/i-couldn-t-choose-a-favourite-author-but-two-contemporary-writers-who/)

[Mariella Frostrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariella-frostrup/)

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> [My favorite writer is Alice Munro. It's simply amazing how well she captures entire lifetimes in a single short story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chloe-benjamin/my-favorite-writer-is-alice-munro-it-s-simply-amazing-how-well-she/)

[Chloe Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chloe-benjamin/)

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> [Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/alice-munro-is-a-particular-kind-of-short-story-writer-in-that-she/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-freudenberger/)

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> [I don't think she is underappreciated, certainly not among writers, but Alice Munro is the classic underappreciated writer among readers. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/i-don-t-think-she-is-underappreciated-certainly-not-among-writers-but/)

[Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/)

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> [I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-beattie/i-like-a-lot-of-margaret-atwood-i-like-much-of-alice-munro-again-if/)

[Ann Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-beattie/)

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> [That's another thing in Alice Munro: it's always, like, some middle-aged woman who is going to cheat on her husband, and there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/how-to-dress-well/that-s-another-thing-in-alice-munro-it-s-always-like-some-middle-aged/)

[How to Dress Well](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/how-to-dress-well/)

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> [It wasn't until I started to read short stories - by people like Alice Munro, Mavis Gallant, John Updike... Eudora Welty -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-windley/it-wasn-t-until-i-started-to-read-short-stories-by-people-like-alice/)

[Carol Windley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-windley/)

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> [At the end of the day, what would be a Canadian sensibility? Is it Michael Ondaatje? Alice Munro? Is Margaret Atwood more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-messud/at-the-end-of-the-day-what-would-be-a-canadian-sensibility-is-it/)

[Claire Messud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-messud/)

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> [“Sometimes I get the start of a story from a memory, an anecdote, but that gets lost and is usually unrecognizable in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-munro/sometimes-i-get-the-start-of-a-story-from-a-memory-an-anecdote-but-2/)

[Alice Munro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-munro/)

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> [Among contemporaries, I hugely admire Alice Munro, our Chekhov, Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, and John Updike, American masters all. I also believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-ozick/among-contemporaries-i-hugely-admire-alice-munro-our-chekhov-saul/)

[Cynthia Ozick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-ozick/)

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> [I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/i-think-the-few-writers-who-influenced-me-most-in-writing-short/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-freudenberger/)

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> [I've always loved short stories. Even before I was a writer I was reading short stories - there were certain writers where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/i-ve-always-loved-short-stories-even-before-i-was-a-writer-i-was/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

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> [I think what's interesting about Alice Munro, too, is the extreme mundanity of things. And how even a life reduced to complete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/how-to-dress-well/i-think-what-s-interesting-about-alice-munro-too-is-the-extreme/)

[How to Dress Well](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/how-to-dress-well/)

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> [Alice Munro is not only revered, she is cherished, her stories handled lovingly, turned over and over, gazed at and studied and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cathleen-schine/alice-munro-is-not-only-revered-she-is-cherished-her-stories-handled/)

[Cathleen Schine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cathleen-schine/)

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