The past is a cupboard full of light and all you have to do is find the key that opens the door.
Kate AtkinsonNot being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane.
Kate AtkinsonI've always loved mysteries, the something there that you didn't know, and with 'Case Histories' I just decide to make that more up-front.
Kate AtkinsonI'm a lapsed Quaker. I don't go to meetings any more. But I'm very drawn to Catholicism - all that glitter. I'd love to be a Catholic. I think it would be fantastic - faith, forgiveness, absolution, extreme unction - all these wonderful words. I don't think anyone who was ever born a Catholic hasn't died a Catholic, no matter how lapsed they are.
Kate Atkinson