Alistair MacLeod quotes

No one has ever said that life is to be easy. Only that it is to be lived. (Alistair MacLeod)

I like to think that I am telling a story rather than writing it.

Alistair MacLeod

All of us are better when we're loved.

Alistair MacLeod

If people aren't creating literature, there would be nothing for people to criticize.

Alistair MacLeod

There is a kind of belief among my students that things that are true are interesting. But most things that are true are not interesting. Four pages describing how I got up and brushed my teeth in the morning would kill you.

Alistair MacLeod

Today there is a division between those who write about literature and those who create it. I, obviously, don't think that should be there.

Alistair MacLeod

Alistair MacLeod

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Occupation: Canadian Author
Born: July 20, 1936
Died: April 20, 2014
Quotes count: 6

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