We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups. Margaret Atwood grownuprunthink Change image and share on social
You quickly find, when you are a hand-reader as I am, that nothing interests people so much as themselves. Margaret Atwood findhandinterest Change image and share on social
I have been known to buy e-versions of my books because I was in a hotel room and I needed one right away to look up something in it; very handy for that - you can have it just the next minute; you can press the button and just have it. Margaret Atwood bookbuttonbuy share on social
I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as knowledge something that is not knowledge. You can present it as faith, you can present it as belief, but you can't present it as fact. Margaret Atwood agnosticbeliefcasual share on social
I grew up with the biologists. I know how they think. Margaret Atwood biologistgrow Change image and share on social
I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter Darth Vader. That's science fiction; it isn't going to happen. Margaret Atwood darthencounterfiction Change image and share on social
Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself. Margaret Atwood artdreamexamine Change image and share on social
All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through time and changes taking place, and that's what we call 'the plot'. Margaret Atwood actioncallcharacter share on social
Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee... I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now. Margaret Atwood closecluecompress Change image and share on social
Please don't make the mistake of thinking that 'Oryx and Crake' is anti-science. Science is a way of knowing, and a tool. Like all ways of knowing and tools, it can be turned to bad uses. And it can be bought and sold, and it often is. But it is not in itself bad. Like electricity, it's neutral. Margaret Atwood antibadbuy share on social