I never say I'm an "ist" of any kind unless I know how the other person is defining it.
Margaret AtwoodIf you really want to stay the same age you are now forever and ever, she'd be thinking, try jumping off the roof: death's a sure-fire method for stopping time.
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 AtwoodOnce I was in Texas, where they had this thing called Ralph the Swimming Pig. You went into a theater and you were looking through a great big window at people dressed as mermaids swimming around with oxygen tanks. One of the mermaids had a bottle of milk, and a small Ralph the Swimming Pig dove in and swam over. Naturally, afterward, I said in the cafeteria, "What happens to the Ralphs when they get bigger? Would you serve Ralphs who have retired?" "Oh no! We would never do such a thing."
Margaret Atwood