“When does power exist? Only in the moment it is exercised. To the woman with a skein, everything looks like a fight.” — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“It was like being part of a wave of water,” she says. “A wave of spray from the ocean feels powerful, but… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
I am someone who really would like to see more women in government, but Palin makes me cringe every time I hear… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
The politics of fear are always the same. They are easily recognisable in retrospect. They are easy to acquiesce in at the… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“time in the world over it; he’s smiling as he does it and then there’s a red hole in the middle of… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“The world is the way it is now because of five thousand years of ingrained structures of power based on darker times… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
My childhood was full of shocks and alarums, and I had to work a long time to make a life that pleases… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
It's very easy for a writer to spend much too much time in her head. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“It is a dreamer's doctrine. Visionary, astonishing. And a hard road, in times of war and occupation. If all involved had listened… — 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
