Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldn't happen, but other planets.
Margaret AtwoodThese things sneak up on him for no reason, these flashes of irrational happiness. It's probably a vitamin deficiency.
Margaret AtwoodPublishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea.
Margaret AtwoodBy telling you anything at all I'm at least believing in you, I believe you're there, I believe you into being.
Margaret AtwoodHistory, as I recall, was never this winsome, and especially not this clean, but the real thing would never sell: most people prefer a past in which nothing smells.
Margaret AtwoodYou can never read your own book with the innocent anticipation that comes with that first delicious page of a new book, because you wrote the thing. You've been backstage. You've seen how the rabbits were smuggled into the hat. Therefore ask a reading friend or two to look at it before you give it to anyone in the publishing business. This friend should not be someone with whom you have a ยญromantic relationship, unless you want to break up.
Margaret Atwood