"Serial novels have an unexpected effect; they hook……" — Alexander McCall Smith

"Serial novels have an unexpected effect; they hook the writer as well as the reader."

— 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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The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible;… — Charles Babbage
Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of… — Gaston Bachelard
As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New… — Kevin Bacon
I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take… — Alan Ball
The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper,… — Hosea Ballou
People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective… — Albert Bandura
The effect of prizes on one's career - if that is what to call it - is considerable, since they… — John Banville
Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are… — Gerry Adams
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends… — Henry Adams
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic. — Henry Adams
Meditation state is a place of deep relaxation where you can pinpoint the things you do and to set a… — Roseanne Barr
The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of… — John Adams

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