Fiction is about telling a good story, first and foremost. But of course, everything I'm interested in or angry about leaks into my writing, from art to violence against women. — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“The world is condensing, attention spans narrowing to tiny screens, and there are people who are wittier and smarter, who know how to write for those nanospaces.” — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Being her friend was like going to a tropical island for a little fun in the sun, only to be kidnapped by terrorists.” — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Fear festers in the imagination. It’s not fear’s fault. That’s just the way it’s made. Nightmares breed. Allies become enemies. Subversives are everywhere. Paranoia… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
There are patterns because we try to find them. A desperate attempt at order because we can't face the terror that it might all… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
Shakespeare would have it wrong these days. It's not the world that's the stage - it's social media, where you're trying to put on… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
So are you an inmate or a rubbernecker?" she asks. "Rubbernecker," I answer without hesitation. "You?" "I'm a screw. Or on staff, anyway. Used… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
Being a journalist, being exposed to the world, to social injustice, to intolerance, growing up here, under apartheid, benefitting from that, has all shaped… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
People don't want novelty - they want the reassurance of familiarity. No-one wants to be challenged, no-one wants to have their minds blown. There… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“You can bury your radical magazines and tear up your sexually perverse sketches and burn your sheets. But how do you erase who you… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“That's what I thought" he said. "It doesn't change anything, Zinzi". He moved to kiss me, but as I tilted my head up, he… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“You have to do the cutting yourself, to let out the pain inside. Getting someone else to slice you up is cheating.” — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Anyone can find they've been standing on the trapdoor when they thought they were the spotlight attraction.” — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
I've seen so many screw-ups of representations of South Africa, and it makes me so angry every time. — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“But she was the kind of girl you couldn't keep down. Unless you cut her up and caved in her skull.” — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
