Margaret Atwood Quotes

Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
Born: Nov 18, 1939
Because People Science Think Writing You
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There's a difference between describing and evoking something. You can describe something and be quite clinical about it. To evoke it, you call it up in the reader. That's what writers do when they're good. Margaret Atwood
Good You Evoke Evoking About Something Writers Between Call Reader Clinical Up Quite Difference Describe Describing
The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. Margaret Atwood
Love Valentines Day Important Ought Had Names Because Snow Them Many
A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together. Margaret Atwood
Silence Together Gift Possible Voice Powerlessness Cherished Go Human Should Used Fully Utter Speech
Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy - which many believe goes hand in hand with it - will be dead as well. Margaret Atwood
Democracy Writing Will Practice Reading Young Older Believe Else Everything Everything Else Writers Like Dead Well Readers Course Hand Hand-In-Hand Improve Goes Literacy Which Many
Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist. Margaret Atwood
Reality Better Worse Optimism Than Realist Means Pessimism
I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it. Margaret Atwood
Hope People Will Finally Members Only Come Human Race Realize Human Race
If you're put on a pedestal, you're supposed to behave yourself like a pedestal type of person. Pedestals actually have a limited circumference. Not much room to move around. Margaret Atwood
You Yourself Pedestal Type Circumference Put Like Supposed Around Limited Person Behave Move Room Much Actually
Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're not rich, or aristocratic, they shuffle around. They're a group phenomenon, they're not very fast, they're quite sickly. So what's the pleasure of being one? Margaret Atwood
Animal Joy Rich Group Living Sickly Pleasure Flying Vampires Spirits Aristocratic Around Werewolves Very Forever Get Quite Being Fast Shuffle Zombies Phenomenon
The myth that everyone once read great literature is just a myth. Margaret Atwood
Great Myth Everyone Once Great Literature Read Just Literature

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