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> [If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/if-i-waited-for-perfection-i-would-never-write-a-word/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [“Some people write letters, in the library.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/some-people-write-letters-in-the-library/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [I write as if I've lived a lot of things I haven't lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-write-as-if-i-ve-lived-a-lot-of-things-i-haven-t-lived/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [You might 'write from the heart,' but you'd better polish with your brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/you-might-write-from-the-heart-but-you-d-better-polish-with-your-brain/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [I think the book you always like best is the one you're about to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-think-the-book-you-always-like-best-is-the-one-you-re-about-to-write/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [I have long since decided if you wait for the perfect time to write, you'll never write. There is no time that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-have-long-since-decided-if-you-wait-for-the-perfect-time-to-write/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/if-you-re-waiting-for-the-perfect-moment-you-ll-never-write-a-thing/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Write down the thoughts and even more, write down a specific line. If you don't, it'll fly away forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/write-down-the-thoughts-and-even-more-write-down-a-specific-line-if/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [“The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-only-way-you-can-write-the-truth-is-to-assume-that-what-you-set-4/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-only-way-you-can-write-the-truth-is-to-assume-that-what-you-set-3/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/perhaps-i-write-for-no-one-perhaps-for-the-same-person-children-are/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Teaching other people to write is not something I can do. The only kind of advice I can give them will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/teaching-other-people-to-write-is-not-something-i-can-do-the-only/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [The short answer to 'Why do you write' is - I suppose I write for some of the same reasons I read:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-short-answer-to-why-do-you-write-is-i-suppose-i-write-for-some-of/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Everyone thinks writers must know more about the inside of the human head, but that's wrong. They know less, that's why they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/everyone-thinks-writers-must-know-more-about-the-inside-of-the-human/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [You always think, 'Oh, if only I had a little chalet in the mountains! How great that would be and I'd do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/you-always-think-oh-if-only-i-had-a-little-chalet-in-the-mountains/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [“the only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-only-way-you-can-write-the-truth-is-to-assume-that-what-you-set-2/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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## Other authors on Write

## More by Margaret Atwood

> [“I'm fine," said Pilar, "for the moment. And the moment is the only time we can be fine in.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-m-fine-said-pilar-for-the-moment-and-the-moment-is-the-only-time-we/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/and-yet-it-disturbs-me-to-learn-i-have-hurt-someone-unintentionally-i/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/mary-some-call-this-eve-s-curse-but-i-think-that-is-stupid-because/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“The birds were singing around me, but I reflected that the very birds were strangers to me, for I did not even know their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-birds-were-singing-around-me-but-i-reflected-that-the-very-birds/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“Strange how we decorate pain. These ribbons, for instance, and the small hard teardrops of blood. Who are they for? Do we think the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/strange-how-we-decorate-pain-these-ribbons-for-instance-and-the-small/)

[margaret atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-wanted-to-forget-the-past-but-it-refused-to-forget-me-it-waited-for/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd never thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/back-at-home-they-drew-the-curtains-and-read-with-disapproval-with/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“It's my fault. I am forgetting too much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/it-s-my-fault-i-am-forgetting-too-much/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/all-fiction-is-about-people-unless-it-s-about-rabbits-pretending-to/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“Simon walks back to the house alone. The night is clear and warm, with a moon, almost full, enclosed in a nimbus of mist;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/simon-walks-back-to-the-house-alone-the-night-is-clear-and-warm-with/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“There is indeed something delightful about being able to combine obedience and disobedience in the same act.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/there-is-indeed-something-delightful-about-being-able-to-combine/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/every-time-the-women-appear-snowman-is-astonished-all-over-again-they/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/once-you-publish-a-book-it-is-out-of-your-control-you-cannot-dictate/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“The more difficult it was to love the particular man beside us, the more we believed in Love, abstract and total. We were waiting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-more-difficult-it-was-to-love-the-particular-man-beside-us-the/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“She knows she's deceiving herself about that, but she prefers to deceive herself. She desperately needs to believe such pure joy is still possible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/she-knows-she-s-deceiving-herself-about-that-but-she-prefers-to/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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