"Any author of fiction will tell you that……" — Alexander McCall Smith

Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to… - Alexander McCall Smith

"Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to be told what to do."

— Alexander McCall Smith

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83 Quotes by Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith has 83 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

You can go through life and make new friends every year - every month practically - but there was never…
A life without stories would be no life at all. And stories bound us, did they not, one to another,…
But don't we often lie to people we love, or not tell them things, precisely because we love them?
The point about love, the essential point, was that we loved what we loved. We did not choose. We just…
Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the…
Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to…
Most people want nothing to happen. That is the problem with governments these days. They want to do things all…
Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age.
The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup…
It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was…
We all know that it is women who take the decisions, but we have to let men think that the…
Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others…

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