Any description of a person that comes from the outside is very hard to deal with. People don't like being summarised. It's nice to receive a compliment, but it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable. Eleanor Catton bitecomplimentdeal Change image and share on social
The nice thing about the zodiac as a system is it is quite comprehensive as a range of impulses and psychological states it can speak about. Eleanor Catton comprehensiveimpulsenice Change image and share on social
As an artist, you need to be not at all entitled in your relation with the work. So money is kind of worrying. You can start to expect things if you're used to a certain level of comfort. Eleanor Catton artistcomfortentitle Change image and share on social
From the very beginning, I had an ambition for 'The Luminaries': a direction - but not a real idea. Eleanor Catton ambitionbegindirection Change image and share on social
Margaret Atwood was the author who took me out of children's literature and guided me towards adult literature. Eleanor Catton adultatwoodauthor Change image and share on social
I have always loved reading books for children and young adults, particularly when those books are mysteries. Eleanor Catton adultbookchild Change image and share on social
I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children. Eleanor Catton bookchildfiction Change image and share on social
I went to a state school in Christchurch, New Zealand, and then straight on to the University of Canterbury. But I worked part-time all the way through high school: first with a paper round, then at a fast-food outlet, a video store and a hardware store. Eleanor Catton canterburychristchurchfast share on social
The way that I see astrology is as a repository of thought and psychology. A system we've created as a culture as way to make things mean things. Eleanor Catton astrologycreateculture Change image and share on social
Fiction is supposed to be immersive and supposed to be entertaining and narrative, so structures have to be buried a little bit. If they come foregrounded too much, it stops being fiction and starts being poetry - something more concrete and out of time. Eleanor Catton biteburyconcrete share on social
