The ability of humans to read meaning into patterns is the most defining characteristic we have. Eleanor Catton abilitycharacteristicdefine Change image and share on social
What I feel is that true creation happens when you're making something out of nothing - like it's divine, you know. Creation is a completely divine concept. Eleanor Catton completelyconceptcreation 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 think that, in principle, a workshop is such a beautiful idea - an environment in which writers who are collectively apprenticed to the craft of writing can come together in order to collectively improve. Eleanor Catton apprenticebeautifulcollectively 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
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
My mum was a children's librarian, so I spent a lot of time in the library. My reading life, because of my mum's work, was evenly split between American, Canadian, Australian and British authors. Eleanor Catton americanaustralianauthor 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
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
