Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith
R. Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, is a British writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. In the late 20th century, McCall Smith became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on British and international committees concerned with these issues...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth24 August 1948
white car tiny
I cannot see myself in a new car. I am a tiny white van person. That is what i want!
block building manners
Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.
mother nice father
My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colorful character and a keen reader who encouraged me to write.
thinking views political
As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for political guidance.
idle capable
I am capable of being idle.
lying half distinction
There was a distinction between lying and telling half-truths, but it was a very narrow one.
self appreciate doe
Self-pity does not appreciate pedantry.
talking pumpkin grows
Talking about pumpkins doesn't make them grow.
opposites way moral
It was easy to be moral when that was the way you felt anyway. The hard bit about morality was making yourself feel the opposite of what you really felt.
different old-love illness
It's a different sort of love taht puts up with illness. Old love.
sight accomplishment imbalance
If you lose sight of the smaller accomplishments , you end up with an imbalance in your life.
envy people unhappy
Antonia was very conscious of the corrosive power of envy and felt that it was this emotion, more than any other, which lay behind human unhappiness. People did not realize how widespread envy was.
happiness irony sometimes
It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything.
boredom people london
Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the English in general. Sheer boredom...