I can feel the public side of my life and the private side of my life sort of drifting away from one another. Eleanor Catton driftfeellife Change image and share on social
The challenge that I set for myself was to see whether or not plot and structure could coexist, and why it was that we had to always privilege one above the other. Eleanor Catton challengecoexistplot Change image and share on social
I vote far-left. I am frequently angered by corporate greed and think education ought to be free and teachers paid well. Eleanor Catton angercorporateeducation Change image and share on social
When I was writing 'The Luminaries,' I read a lot of crime novels because I wanted to figure out which ones made me go, 'Ah! I didn't know that was coming!' Eleanor Catton comecrimefigure Change image and share on social
We throw at female artists this expectation that their work has to speak to the female experience. And if it doesn't, you're letting the side down. Throwing this stumbling block in the way of female artists is counterintuitive. Eleanor Catton artistblockcounterintuitive share on social
I'm a Libra. I'm happy to be an air sign, but I do think I have a little too much air in my chart as a whole - some more water would be useful, especially in my personal life, as an emotional counterweight to all that abstraction. Eleanor Catton abstractionairchart share on social
I would draw a really sharp distinction between creating and producing. I think that they're very different things. Eleanor Catton createdistinctiondraw Change image and share on social
In my experience, and that of a lot of other women writers, all of the questions coming at them from interviewers tend to be about how lucky they are to be where they are - about luck and identity and how the idea struck them. Eleanor Catton comeexperienceidea share on social
My parents took me to the Bronte parsonage in England when I was a teenager. I had a fight with my mum, burst into tears, jumped over a stile and ran out into the moors. It felt very authentic: A moor really is an excellent place to have a temper tantrum. Eleanor Catton authenticbronteburst share on social
I loved 'Middlemarch,' I think that's one of my favourite books of all time, actually. Eleanor Catton bookfavouritelove Change image and share on social
