List of Monica Ali Quotes

You Know How If You're Born In A Certain Situation You Always Expect Your Life To Run On A Steady Trajectory? I've Never Really Had A Sense Of That. I Assume That Life Is Going To Go Up And Down.

She Touched His Hand For The Last Time. "oh, Karim, That We Have Already Done. But Always There Was A Problem Between Us. How Can I Explain? I Wasn't Me, And You Weren't You. From The Very Beginning To The Very End, We Didn't See Things. What We Did--we Made Each Other Up." P. 382

Writing Is A Deeply Immersive Experience. When The Words Are Flying, The House Could Be Burgled And I Wouldn’t Notice. I Have A Low Boredom Threshold And I Like Intensity – Writing Is A Way Of Escaping The Quotidian.

I Rarely Get A Moment To Myself, But I Love The Way That My Agenda Is Dictated By The Children, Not My Work.

Sometimes I Look Back And I Am Shocked. Everyday Of My Life I Have Prepared For Success, Worked For It, Waited For It, And You Don't Notice How The Days Pass Until Nearly A Lifetime Is Finished. Then It Hits You--the Thing You Have Been Waiting For Has Already Gone By. And It Was Going In The Other Direction. It's Like I've Been Waiting On The Wrong Side Of The Road For A Bus That Was Already Full." P. 265

I'm Very Eclectic In My Music Tastes - Anything From Nina Simone To Beethoven To Talvin Singh.

People Always Want To Identify A Writer With Their Protagonist.

I Guess There's A Sort Of Cycle With Writing Books. There's All The Researching And Then The Imagining And Writing - Which Is The Real Job - And Then There's Always A Period When The Book Comes Out And You Have To Lift Your Head And Venture Out.

I Like Beryl Bainbridge A Great Deal, And She Is A Writer Who Absolutely Demands To Be Read A Second, Third, And Fourth Time. I Admire Her Great Courage In Leaving So Much Unsaid And Asking The Reader To Really Engage Her Brain.

Some Writers Are More Natural Public Performers Than Others; Personally I Find It Quite Strange Giving Interviews. But Everyone Has Parts Of Their Job That They Like More Than Others. You Can't Complain If You Get To Do What You Love Doing Most Of The Time, Can You?

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.

A New Car Is Not Going To Change Your Life.