“I have sometimes told people, probably wrongly, that there’s no point in writing at all if you don’t feel that there’s something… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
One of the biggest problems for beginning writers is this need to over-explain. — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
One minute I was playing chess and doing maths all the time, the next I had been rerouted into more 'normal' girls'… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
One of the paradoxes of writing is that when you write non-fiction everyone tries to prove that it's wrong, and when you… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
Some writers, notably Anton Chekov, argue that all characters must be admirable, because once we've looked at anyone deeply enough and understood… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
“Someone who has the delusion Glass, is made of, does not literally believe herself to be made of glass but rather feels fragile and… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
“Child, all books are magic. Just think,' he said, 'about what books make people do. People go to war on the basis of what… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
Living for ever would be like marrying yourself, with no possibility of a divorce. — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
But I quite like the way you can talk about science without necessarily using mathematics, but using metaphors instead. — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
“My mind now has a celebration party and a funeral going on in the same room.” — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
You can't do science in a novel, but you can do philosophy. Or, if you're really lucky, you can manage to pose a question… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
“Even if you did drop into someone's consciousness, you'd have all their memories and desires and hang-ups right there in front of you. And… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
I erased the thought from my mind, but I couldn't undo the fact that I'd had the thought in the first place. — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
“They really do have nothing in common on paper, these people and him. But yet there are so many common reference points; even some… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
“Aquinas wondered what would happen if God wanted to achieve universal resurrection. In other words, bringing everybody who had ever lived back to life… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
“There's something romantic about it, of course, in the way only other people's lives can be.” — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
