Within one's own family, money is not the measure of things, unless the person is an absolute Scrooge. Only the most extreme kind of monster would put a price on everything. Margaret Atwood absoluteextremefamily Change image and share on social
I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases which appeal more because of their sound than their meaning, and the movement and phrasing of a poem are very important to me. Margaret Atwood activityappealaural share on social
Some of our earliest writing, in cuneiform, was about who owes what. Margaret Atwood cuneiformearlyowe Change image and share on social
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. Margaret Atwood daydirtend Change image and share on social
I know that some books and some writers, you can pretty much draw a square around it and say, 'Nobody under 40,' or 'Nobody under 25.' With my books, it always has been, and continues to be, spread right across the board, and I think the operative term is 'reader.' Margaret Atwood boardbookcontinue share on social
We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly. Margaret Atwood anomalybearleader Change image and share on social
