I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask you to think independently. A. S. Byatt followguruindependently Change image and share on social
I don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from Venus and a hermaphrodite. A. S. Byatt commercialeasyexpect Change image and share on social
I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be quite good academically. A. S. Byatt academicacademicallygood Change image and share on social
I'm not very interested in myself. I do have a deep moral belief that you should always look out at other things and not be self-centred. A. S. Byatt beliefcentredeep Change image and share on social
One of the reasons I've gotten so attached to talking to scientists is that... they know there is a reality. A. S. Byatt attachhavereality Change image and share on social
In England, everyone believes if you think, then you don't feel. But all my novels are about joining together thinking and feeling. A. S. Byatt believeenglandfeel Change image and share on social
What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude. A. S. Byatt combinationheatlight Change image and share on social
On buses and trains, I always think about the inexhaustible variety of human genes. We see types, and occasionally twins, but never doubles. All faces are unique, and this is exhilarating, despite the increasingly plastic similarity of TV stars and actors. A. S. Byatt actorbusedouble share on social
Reading a newspaper is like reading someone's letters, as opposed to a biography or a history. The writer really does not know what will happen. A novelist needs to feel what that is like. A. S. Byatt biographyfeelhappen Change image and share on social
