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 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
The zodiac is a system a person can play with and see meaning in. Eleanor Catton meanpersonplay Change image and share on social
I don't feel like literature has the power to alienate. I think that's something people feel if they don't connect with a work of art. But I don't think a work of art can actively reject the person who's looking at it or reading it. Eleanor Catton activelyalienateart 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
I see disappointment as something small and aggregate rather than something unified or great. With a little effort, every failure can be turned into something good. Eleanor Catton aggregatedisappointmenteffort Change image and 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
To experience sublime natural beauty is to confront the total inadequacy of language to describe what you see. Words cannot convey the scale of a view that is so stunning it is felt. Eleanor Catton beautyconfrontconvey Change image and share on social
