When 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 AtwoodMy brother and I were both good at science, and we were both good at English literature. Either one of us could have gone either way.
Margaret AtwoodWhy is it he feels some line has been crossed, some boundary transgressed? How much is too much, how far is too far?
Margaret AtwoodHe has to find more and better ways of occupying his time. His time, what a bankrupt idea, as if he's been given a box of time belonging to him alone, stuffed to the brim with hours and minutes that he can spend like money. Trouble is, the box has holes in it and the time is running out, no matter what he does with it.
Margaret Atwood