I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when I didn't write. I started again at 16. And have no idea why, but it was suddenly the only thing I wanted to do.
Margaret AtwoodSome days I do appreciate things more, eggs, flowers, but then I decide I'm only having an attack of sentimentality, my brain going pastel Technicolor, like a beautiful-sunset greeting cards they used to make so many of in California. High-gloss hearts. The danger is grayout.
Margaret AtwoodYou can't keep a cool head when you're drowning in love. You just trash around a lot and scream, and wear yourself out.
Margaret AtwoodThe beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'
Margaret AtwoodWe all know that a book is not really a person. It isnโt a human being. But if you are a lover of books as books โ as objects, that is โ and ignore the human element in them โ that is, their voices โ you will be committing an error of the soul, because you will be an idolator, or else a fetishist.
Margaret Atwood