Best Alexander McCall Smith Sayings
- Oh I love gadgets and I pride myself on keeping at the cutting edge of technology. Cutting
- I would certainly never consider myself a Renaissance Man; I'm not fit to look at the dust from the chariot wheels of many of those… Certainly Never
- I have three older sisters, so we were a reasonably large family and, in general, a happy one. Family
- I'm interested in character and dialogue and exchange of ideas. Character
- Every novel presents a slice of life. A noir policier for example presents one slice, one that perhaps addresses social dysfunction or some sort of… Address
- A very powerful theme in fiction is that of loss. Fiction
- Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to be told what to do. Any
- As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved. Careful
- Botswana is actually very peaceful. It's democratic. It never was in debt. They've been fortunate, they've had diamonds. Been
- Edinburgh used to be a haughty city. Cities
- I just focus on getting the first scene right, with a few lines about the overall plot, and then the book grows organically. Book
- I'm very interested in tea. I wouldn't mind being involved in some aspect of the tea industry. Aspect
- I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give out prizes; it's amazing how it concentrates their minds. Amazing
- New York is a wonderful place to be up, an awful place to be down. Awful
- Painters aren't expected to paint bleak pictures, are they? Bleak
- [Edinburgh] is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again. Beautiful
- She was made for untidy rooms and rumpled beds. Bed
- I am just a tiny person in Africa, but there is a place for me, and for everybody, to sit down on this earth and… Africa
- Simple questions--and simple answers--were what we needed in life. That was what Mma Ramotswe believed. Yes. Answers
- It is the search for beauty...That is what it is. We find ourselves on this earth--gods and men--and we know that it is beautiful. That… All
- Mma Ramotswe had a detective agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill. These were its assets: a tiny white van, two desks, two… Abundance
- The problem, of course, was that people did not seem to understand the difference between right and wrong. They needed to be reminded about this,… Best
- I write four books a year. I'm very fortunate that I write quickly; around 3,500 words a day. Being strict about delineating my writing time… Accomplish
- It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything. Easier
- The wider your readership, the greater the chances of offending your readers. Chances
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