Alice McDermott Quotes

Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.

I like to create stuff. I like to express myself through jokes.

As long as I'm creating, I am happy... whether directing, producing, writing, acting.

If I have a long period of time away from acting, I tend to write.

Of course, I write. I have stories to tell. But I don't want to do superficial stuff any more.

I love writing. Writing has been very good to me.

Writing is a good creative outlet... it's a supplement to my music.

I thought about being an actor, and I thought about directing, but writing truly became something I needed to do just to stay sane.

I think writing gives me creative freedom.

I started drawing at a very young age. Writing a story wasn't satisfying, but to actually draw our own world - it's like controlling your own dreams.

There is nothing like writing to force you to think and get your thoughts straight.

I've always been an all around creative person. Song writing and writing are great ways for me to express myself.

I write poetry to figure things out. Any time I’m trying to wrap my head around something, poetry is like a puzzle-solving strategy for me.

I need to write to be happy.

Readers would email me and say, 'Please write a novel about so-and-so,' but it has to come from yourself and not so much from your readership.

Writing helps me create a different world that I can escape to.

I can't remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world.

My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

Twitter is a place where you share your thoughts, yourself... you don't want a plain white backdrop for that. You want the entire page to say something about who you are. Designer or not, if the urge strikes you, go for it. Put up that watercolor you've never shown anyone. Take a photo of that hat you just knitted... whatever it is, share it.

When I am on a long run in a play, I'm not sure how I would fill the days if I did not paint or write. On a basic level, it just stops me going crazy.

I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.

Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever try this writing job.

It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.

I cry out for order and find it only in art.