I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Science never makes things that do not have to do with what we feel, by which I mean what we want and… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
People use technology only to mean digital technology. Technology is actually everything we make. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
When women let their hair down, it means either sexiness or craziness or death, the three by Victorian times having become virtually… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I used to think of my body as an instrument, of pleasure, or a means of transportation, or an implement for the… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings. To me it's the… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
We love each other, that’s true whatever it means, but we aren’t good at it; for some it’s a talent, for others… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Romance takes place in the middle distance. Romance is looking in at yourself through a window clouded with dew. Romance means leaving… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
You can mean more than one. You can mean thousands. I'm not in any immediate danger, I'll say to you. I'll pretend… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Because you may think a bed is a peaceful thing, Sir, and to you it may mean rest and comfort and a… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Men and women are not "equal" if "equal" means "exactly the same." Our many puzzlements and indeed unhappinesses come from trying to… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
A non-event ... is better to write about than an event, because with a non-event you can make up the meaning yourself,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I really am a Humanist. I describe myself as a rigorous agnostic, which means that you cannot declare as… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Where there's a doctor it's always a bad sign. Even when they are not doing the killing themselves it means a death… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
You most likely need a thesaurus, a rudimentary grammar book, and a grip on reality. This latter means: there's no free lunch.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Communications technology changes possibilities for communication, but that doesn't mean it changes the inherited structure of the brain. So you may think… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart. If you'd wanted… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
As an artist your first loyalty is to your art. Unless this is the case, you're going to be a second-rate artist.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
My father was a forest entomologist, which means he was aware that spraying forests for spruce budworm was counterproductive in that it… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Toast was a pointless invention from the Dark Ages. Toast was an implement of torture that caused all those subjected to it… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I never have [suffered writer’s block], although I’ve had books that didn’t work out. I had to stop writing them. I just… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“It’s impossible to say a thing exactly the way it was, because what you say can never be exact, you always have… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I've never bought into any sort of hard and fast, this-box/that-box characterization. People are individuals. Yes, they may be expected to be… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“I'm fine," said Pilar, "for the moment. And the moment is the only time we can be fine in.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Mary: Some call this "Eve's curse," but I think that is stupid because the real curse of Eve was having to put up with… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“The birds were singing around me, but I reflected that the very birds were strangers to me, for I did not even know their… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Strange how we decorate pain. These ribbons, for instance, and the small hard teardrops of blood. Who are they for? Do we think the… — margaret atwood Copy Share Image
I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd never thought… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
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… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Simon walks back to the house alone. The night is clear and warm, with a moon, almost full, enclosed in a nimbus of mist;… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“There is indeed something delightful about being able to combine obedience and disobedience in the same act.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Every time the women appear, Snowman is astonished all over again. They're every known colour from the deepest black to whitest white, they're various… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image