"I get really excited if I think I'm……" — Monica Ali
"I get really excited if I think I'm going to introduce somebody to a writer they haven't found before and I think they'll love. My favorite books to get as gifts are any that the giver is messianic about."
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22 Quotes by Monica Ali
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I was always an outsider, always standing outside, observing and trying to figure things out. Which is exactly what you…
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Writing is a deeply immersive experience. When the words are flying, the house could be burgled and I wouldn’t notice. I have…
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If the culture is so all pervasive that you can’t think outside of it, how are you making genuine choices?
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A new car is not going to change your life.
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I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel.
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I don't want to get hung up on what 'people,' that nebulous mass, think about me. That's the way to…
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I rarely get a moment to myself, but I love the way that my agenda is dictated by the children,…
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I wish I got a lie-in on Saturday mornings but I never do.
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I'm very eclectic in my music tastes - anything from Nina Simone to Beethoven to Talvin Singh.
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People always want to identify a writer with their protagonist.
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I guess there's a sort of cycle with writing books. There's all the researching and then the imagining and writing…
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I like Beryl Bainbridge a great deal, and she is a writer who absolutely demands to be read a second,…
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