Quote by Alison McGhee Download Open image ““We all walk around with a stone in our shoe, Younger." William T.”” — Alison McGhee ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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What is the matter with these people, these people who won't stop fighting, won't stop hurting each other...? — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image
We'd decided to write a book about two friends. I gave her some coffee and then we sat there not knowing what to do. How do you start writing a book together? So Kate [DiCamillo] got up after about 10 minutes into this endeavor, and said, 'Well, that was fun,' and started to head out the door. I said, 'Wait,… — Alison McGhee Copy Share
Your heart literally hurts when it's breaking. You can feel it, every beat another ache, and nothing you can do will stop it, either… — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image
Kate [DiCamillo] tends to be more reluctant about change. I convinced her to give it a try and she came over. — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image
Water seeks its own level. Look at them. The Tigris, the Euphrates, the Mississippi, the Amazon, the Yangtze. The world's great rivers. And every… — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image
So we [with Kate DiCamillo] would act them out, we would toss ideas back and forth, we would laugh, we would argue. Sometimes it went really well, sometimes it was such a pain in the ass. Our other rule was that we wouldn't work on it at all when we weren't in the other's presence. It was really hard not… — Alison McGhee Copy Share
I'm a big State Fair person, and my main goal is to eat as much food as possible, but I tend not to do… — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image
We met in the summer or fall of 2001. I had never met Kate [DiCamillo], though I'd heard her name, and I think she… — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image
It's very cool to be short, very cool. When I was in eighth grade, and the height I am now, I would just look… — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image