Ann-Marie MacDonald's Quotes
Born: 1958-10-29
Profession: Playwright
Nation: Canadian
Biography of Ann-Marie MacDonald
'Fall on Your Knees' is really a story about secrets and family, and the idea that there are some stories or truths that need to be expressed.
Tags: Family, Idea, StoryI started my career as an actor, then morphed into a playwright who accidentally became a novelist with my first book 'Fall On Your Knees.'
Tags: Book, Career, StartedI grew up in a family where the love of stories is very strong. And there's also a love of performance. I think one reason stories were so important in my family was that we moved around a lot.
Tags: Family, Love, StrongI grew up moving around because my dad was in the Air Force - I think this has carried over into my work in that I like to hop around from one medium to another.
Tags: Dad, Moving, WorkIn terms of the secrets that imbue and underlie 'Fall on Your Knees', they were as much of a mystery to me as I was creating the story as they are to the readers.
Tags: Fall, Secrets, StoryReading was such a formative part of my childhood (along with 'Loony Tunes'), that it is difficult to pin point the most influential book. But, under an interrogation light I would probably have to say 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte.
Tags: Book, Difficult, LightSome people talk about children wanting to be born as though somewhere out there in the collective unconscious there's a spirit, or a thought or an idea that wants to be born. And I sometimes feel that way about stories... that they're there and they want to be told.
Tags: Children, Sometimes, ThoughtA life coach does for the rest of your life what a personal trainer does for your health and fitness.
Tags: Fitness, Health, LifeIf you improve a teacher's self-esteem, confidence, communication skills or stress levels, you improve that teacher's overall effectiveness across the curriculum.
Tags: Confidence, Stress, TeacherCoaching helps you take stock of where you are now in all aspects of your life, and how that compares to where you would like to be.
Tags: Coaching, Life, Stock