As an artist your first loyalty is to your art. Unless this is the case, you're going to be a second-rate artist.
Margaret AtwoodYou say, The sensed absence of God and the sensed presence amount to much the same thing, only in reverse.
Margaret AtwoodWhen I am writing fiction, I believe I am much better organized, more methodical - one has to be when writing a novel. Writing poetry is a state of free float.
Margaret AtwoodI'm interested in the Gothic novel because it's very much a woman's form. Why is there such a wide readership for books that essentially say, 'Your husband is trying to kill you'?
Margaret Atwood