Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark
Dame Muriel Sarah Spark, DBE, CLit, FRSE, FRSL was a Scottish novelist. In 2008, the Times newspaper named Spark as No. 8 in its list of 'the 50 greatest British writers since 1945'...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 February 1918
interviews interviewers depends
Interviews can be stimulating. It depends on the intelligence of the interviewer.
singing conclusion wells
Allow me, in conclusion, to congratulate you warmly upon your sexual intercourse, as well as your singing.
children inspirational-life coping-mechanisms
Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.
voice missing edinburgh
For those who like that sort of thing," said Miss Brodie in her best Edinburgh voice, "That is the sort of thing they like.
sex real mind
we have invented sex guilt to take our minds off the real thing.
firsts goodness truth-and-beauty
Goodness, Truth and Beauty come first
virtue application
Nothing can be more puritanical in application than the virtues.
christian firsts pope
I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.
jealousy giving affliction
Jealousy ... is an affliction of the spirit which, unlike some sins of the flesh, gives no one any pleasure.
mind facts fiction
Fiction to me is a kind of parable. You have got to make up your mind it's not true. Some kind of truth emerges from it, but it's not fact.
funny humor laughing
We often laughed at others in our house, and I picked up the craft of being polite while people were present and laughing later if there was anything to laugh about.
justice causes injustice
I was just as anxious to prevent injustice as to cause justice.
divorce ideas upset
There was altogether too much candor in married life; it was an indelicate modern idea, and frequently led to upsets in a household, if not divorce ...
laughter laughing people
I have a great desire to make people smile - not laugh. Laughter is too aggressive. People bare their teeth.