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Eleanor Catton Quotes

Solitude is a condition best enjoyed in company Picture Quote #1

I grew up on the South Island of New Zealand, in a city chosen and beloved by my parents for its proximity to the mountains - Christchurch is two hours distant from the worn saddle of Arthur’s Pass, the mountain village that was and is my father’s spiritual touchstone, his chapel and cathedral in the wild Picture Quote #1

If I have learned one thing from experience, it is this: never underestimate how extraordinarily difficult it is to understand a situation from another person’s point of view Picture Quote #1

I can feel the public side of my life and the private side of my life sort of drifting away from one another Picture Quote #1

We throw at female artists this expectation that their work has to speak to the female experience. And if it doesn’t, you’re letting the side down. Throwing this stumbling block in the way of female artists is counterintuitive Picture Quote #1

Writing is exhilarating, but reading reviews is not. I’ve been really devastated by ‘good’ reviews because they misunderstand the project of the book. It can be strangely galvanising to get a ‘bad’ one Picture Quote #1

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I think that, in principle, a workshop is such a beautiful idea - an environment in which writers who are collectively apprenticed to the craft of writing can come together in order to collectively improve Picture Quote #1

There are so many ways of posturing that people associate with being a writer. They imagine you wearing a beret and drinking only red wine and being full of yourself, and so, for a long time, the way I felt about writing was too private. I felt it too important and didn’t want to be teased about it. So I lied about it Picture Quote #1

The Luminaries’ is such a different book to ‘The Rehearsal.’ There are only a couple of things that link the two books: there’s a certain preoccupation with looking at relationships from the outside, being shut out of human intimacy; and then there’s patterning Picture Quote #1

I have always loved reading books for children and young adults, particularly when those books are mysteries Picture Quote #1

My mum was a children’s librarian, so I spent a lot of time in the library. My reading life, because of my mum’s work, was evenly split between American, Canadian, Australian and British authors Picture Quote #1

I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children Picture Quote #1

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Never underestimate how extraordinarily difficult it is to understand a situation from another person’s point of view Picture Quote #1

Long historical books get written by women, but not contemporary experiments, which still seems to be a very male-dominated field Picture Quote #1

I think that’s what fiction writing is actually all about. It’s about trying to solve problems in creative ways Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I’ll read something on Twitter, and I’ll just be in the darkest of moods for the rest of the day or the rest of the week sometimes Picture Quote #1

I feel very strongly influenced by long-form box-set TV drama... I feel really excited that, at last, the novel has found its on-screen equivalent, because the emotional arcs and changes that you can follow are just so much more like a novel, and so many amazing shows recently have done as much as film can do to show the interior world Picture Quote #1

I loved ‘Middlemarch,’ I think that’s one of my favourite books of all time, actually Picture Quote #1

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It is less fun to talk about what I am feeling rather than what I am thinking. Saying ‘I feel awesome’ isn’t really interesting or enquiring Picture Quote #1

What was glimpsed in Aquarius-what was envisioned, believed in, prophesied, predicted, doubted, and forewarned-is made, in Pisces, manifest. Those solitary visions that, but a month ago belonged only to the dreamer, will now acquire the form and substance of the real. We were of our own making, and we shall be our own end Picture Quote #1

In researching ‘The Luminaries,’ I did read quite a lot of 20th-century crime. My favourites out of that were James M. Cain, Dassiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Graham Greene and Patricia Highsmith Picture Quote #1

I went to a state school in Christchurch, New Zealand, and then straight on to the University of Canterbury. But I worked part-time all the way through high school: first with a paper round, then at a fast-food outlet, a video store and a hardware store Picture Quote #1

The ability of humans to read meaning into patterns is the most defining characteristic we have Picture Quote #1

My father is an expatriate American; he fell in love with New Zealand in his youth and never went home Picture Quote #1

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I’m a Libra. I’m happy to be an air sign, but I do think I have a little too much air in my chart as a whole - some more water would be useful, especially in my personal life, as an emotional counterweight to all that abstraction Picture Quote #1

Margaret Atwood was the author who took me out of children’s literature and guided me towards adult literature Picture Quote #1

I don’t feel like literature has the power to alienate. I think that’s something people feel if they don’t connect with a work of art. But I don’t think a work of art can actively reject the person who’s looking at it or reading it Picture Quote #1

I think the adverb is a much-maligned part of speech. Its always accused of being oppressive, even tyrannical, when in fact its so supple and sly Picture Quote #1

I vote far-left. I am frequently angered by corporate greed and think education ought to be free and teachers paid well Picture Quote #1

A man ought never to trust another mans evaluation of a third mans disposition Picture Quote #1

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Solitude is a condition best enjoyed in company (Eleanor Catton Quotes) I grew up on the South Island of New Zealand, in a city chosen and beloved by my parents for its proximity to the mountains - Christchurch is two hours distant from the worn saddle of Arthur’s Pass, the mountain village that was and is my father’s spiritual touchstone, his chapel and cathedral in the wild. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) If I have learned one thing from experience, it is this: never underestimate how extraordinarily difficult it is to understand a situation from another person’s point of view. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) I can feel the public side of my life and the private side of my life sort of drifting away from one another. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) We throw at female artists this expectation that their work has to speak to the female experience. And if it doesn’t, you’re letting the side down. Throwing this stumbling block in the way of female artists is counterintuitive. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) Writing is exhilarating, but reading reviews is not. I’ve been really devastated by ‘good’ reviews because they misunderstand the project of the book. It can be strangely galvanising to get a ‘bad’ one. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) I think that, in principle, a workshop is such a beautiful idea - an environment in which writers who are collectively apprenticed to the craft of writing can come together in order to collectively improve. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) There are so many ways of posturing that people associate with being a writer. They imagine you wearing a beret and drinking only red wine and being full of yourself, and so, for a long time, the way I felt about writing was too private. I felt it too important and didn’t want to be teased about it. So I lied about it. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) The Luminaries’ is such a different book to ‘The Rehearsal.’ There are only a couple of things that link the two books: there’s a certain preoccupation with looking at relationships from the outside, being shut out of human intimacy; and then there’s patterning. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) I have always loved reading books for children and young adults, particularly when those books are mysteries. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) My mum was a children’s librarian, so I spent a lot of time in the library. My reading life, because of my mum’s work, was evenly split between American, Canadian, Australian and British authors. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children (Eleanor Catton Quotes) Never underestimate how extraordinarily difficult it is to understand a situation from another person’s point of view. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) Long historical books get written by women, but not contemporary experiments, which still seems to be a very male-dominated field. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) I think that’s what fiction writing is actually all about. It’s about trying to solve problems in creative ways. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) Sometimes I’ll read something on Twitter, and I’ll just be in the darkest of moods for the rest of the day or the rest of the week sometimes. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) I feel very strongly influenced by long-form box-set TV drama... I feel really excited that, at last, the novel has found its on-screen equivalent, because the emotional arcs and changes that you can follow are just so much more like a novel, and so many amazing shows recently have done as much as film can do to show the interior world. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) I loved ‘Middlemarch,’ I think that’s one of my favourite books of all time, actually (Eleanor Catton Quotes) It is less fun to talk about what I am feeling rather than what I am thinking. Saying ‘I feel awesome’ isn’t really interesting or enquiring. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) What was glimpsed in Aquarius-what was envisioned, believed in, prophesied, predicted, doubted, and forewarned-is made, in Pisces, manifest. Those solitary visions that, but a month ago belonged only to the dreamer, will now acquire the form and substance of the real. We were of our own making, and we shall be our own end. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) In researching ‘The Luminaries,’ I did read quite a lot of 20th-century crime. My favourites out of that were James M. Cain, Dassiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Graham Greene and Patricia Highsmith. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) I went to a state school in Christchurch, New Zealand, and then straight on to the University of Canterbury. But I worked part-time all the way through high school: first with a paper round, then at a fast-food outlet, a video store and a hardware store. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) The ability of humans to read meaning into patterns is the most defining characteristic we have (Eleanor Catton Quotes) My father is an expatriate American; he fell in love with New Zealand in his youth and never went home. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) I’m a Libra. I’m happy to be an air sign, but I do think I have a little too much air in my chart as a whole - some more water would be useful, especially in my personal life, as an emotional counterweight to all that abstraction. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) Margaret Atwood was the author who took me out of children’s literature and guided me towards adult literature. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) I don’t feel like literature has the power to alienate. I think that’s something people feel if they don’t connect with a work of art. But I don’t think a work of art can actively reject the person who’s looking at it or reading it. (Eleanor Catton Quotes) I think the adverb is a much-maligned part of speech. Its always accused of being oppressive, even tyrannical, when in fact its so supple and sly (Eleanor Catton Quotes) I vote far-left. I am frequently angered by corporate greed and think education ought to be free and teachers paid well (Eleanor Catton Quotes) A man ought never to trust another mans evaluation of a third mans disposition (Eleanor Catton Quotes)

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