Before that I was a scientist. I did research in population biology. And that's what I always go back to, it helps me to remember that people are not the end of the world, although we may be when it comes to it. We're just one species among millions in this world.
Barbara KingsolverI know I'm a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science.
Barbara KingsolverThat's how it is: some people are content to wait till you ask, while others jump right in with the whole story.
Barbara Kingsolver... Urban friends ask me how I can stand living here, 'so far from everything?' When I hear this question over the phone, I'm usually looking out the window at a forest, a running creek, and a vegetable garden, thinking: Define everything.
Barbara Kingsolver