I love books. I want to read them, and I want to own them so they're always available to be reread. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Just as readers often turn into writers, novel-writers often become novel-reviewers. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
I've always been a reader of science fiction, and I have loved a lot of feminist science fiction. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
I really hope that men read 'The Power' and watch 'The Handmaid's Tale' and read 'The Handmaid's Tale.' — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
My parents are both intellectuals and readers; my mother would take me to the library every few days from before I was… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
When I was 19, I wrote a novel, which was not very good, but I finished it. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Computer games can be works of art and literature - they're still developing. The stories they can tell, and the experiences they… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
It's hard to describe why one room and not another feels right for writing. Of course you have to train yourself to… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Attending a book group is always a salutary experience for a writer. There's no guarantee that the people there will have enjoyed… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
After the novel was published, I came to feel that I couldn't call myself Orthodox anymore. It's so patriarchal, anti-women, anti-gay. There… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“Gender is a shell game. What is a man? Whatever a woman isn't. What is a woman? Whatever a man is not. Tap on… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Our culture tends to denigrate things that are associated with women. It's OK for women to wear trousers, for example, but not OK for… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
I was there on 9/11. I watched the towers falling from my office window, at which point I decided I would give up my… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
The value of the arts cannot be measured by its ability to preserve life but rather to enhance existence. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Our body is there right now. You did not have to earn a thing. It is a gift. You are a hero every time… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
We all know that the desire for perfection can get in the way of authenticity and enjoyment; it's the same with games. There's a… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Games don't cause racism. But the real-time chat makes nasty comments hard to moderate and easy to spread. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“She had been here for the protests three years earlier; yes, she had held up her banner and shouted and signed her petitions. “It… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
I've always had a real interest in the way that science fiction can portray a world that could be different to our world, which… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
