Margaret Atwood : (11)

" When I am writing fiction, I believe I am much better organized, more methodical – one has to be when writing a novel. Writing poetry is a state of free float. " - Margaret Atwood

" Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I’m a realist. " - Margaret Atwood

" Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow. " - Margaret Atwood

" I was born in the Ottawa General Hospital right after the Gray Cup Football Game in 1939. Six months later, I was backpacked into the Quebec bush. I grew up in and out of the bush, in and out of Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie and Toronto. " - Margaret Atwood

" I’m from the generation that had the boys’ door and the girls’ door when you went to school, and you got in big trouble if you went in the wrong one. " - Margaret Atwood

" 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

" 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

" A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. " - Margaret Atwood

" I learned to read very early so I could read the comics, which I then started to draw. " - Margaret Atwood

" A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there’s less of you. " - Margaret Atwood