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Kate Atkinson Quotes

The Grim Reaper, Gloria corrected herself - if anyone deserved capital letters it was surely Death. Gloria would rather like to be the Grim Reaper. She wouldn’t necessarily be grim, she suspected she would be quite cheerful (Come along now, don’t make such a fuss) Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I would like to cry. I close my eyes. Why weren’t we designed so that we can close our ears as well? (Perhaps because we would never open them.) Is there some way that I could accelerate my evolution and develop earlids? Picture Quote #1

Oh, God. What was happening to her, she was turning into a normal person Picture Quote #1

He was born a politician. No, Ursula thought, he was born a baby, like everyone else. And this is what he has chosen to become Picture Quote #1

You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best Picture Quote #1

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing Picture Quote #1

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Because I write fiction, I don’t write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. The first-person narrative is a very intimate thing, but you are not addressing other people as ‘I’ - you are inhabiting that ‘I.’ Picture Quote #1

I’ve always loved mysteries, the something there that you didn’t know, and with ‘Case Histories’ I just decide to make that more up-front Picture Quote #1

I spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it Picture Quote #1

I had a novel in the back of my mind when I won an Ian St James story competition in 1993. At the award ceremony an agent asked me if I was writing a novel. I showed her four or five chapters of what would become ‘Behind the Scenes at the Museum’ and to my surprise she auctioned them off Picture Quote #1

The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That’s probably not a very postmodern thing to say Picture Quote #1

I don’t have goals when writing books, apart from getting to the end. I have rather vague ideas about how I want things to feel, I’m big on ambience. I have a title, a beginning and a probable ending and go from there Picture Quote #1

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Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I’m totally insane Picture Quote #1

Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because ‘What if?’ is the big thing Picture Quote #1

I can’t imagine what it would be like to write in a relaxed state. I’m going to be writing some stories for my own interest. I want to experiment with different things and see if I can approach writing with much less control and in a better psychological state. It will be like breaking out of a straitjacket Picture Quote #1

The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up Picture Quote #1

Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn’t understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely Picture Quote #1

Love was the hardest thing. Don’t let anyone ever tell you different Picture Quote #1

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Writing for me is quite a plastic form, a kind of mental sculpture, although that sounds weird. It acquires its character and its depth as it goes along Picture Quote #1

The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes Picture Quote #1

I think about death a lot, I really do, because I can’t believe I won’t exist. It’s the ego isn’t it? I feel that I should retreat into a better form of Zen Buddhism than this kind of ego-dominated thing. But I don’t know, I mean, I want to come back as a tree but I suspect that it’s just not going to happen, is it? Picture Quote #1

I think you have to learn for yourself how to write. I’m slightly mystified by creative writing courses - God love them - because I can’t understand how you can explain a process that I find so baffling Picture Quote #1

My father was an autodidact. It wasn’t a middle-class house. Shopkeepers are aspirant. He paid for me to go to private school. He was denied an education - he had a horrible childhood. He got a place at a grammar school and wasn’t allowed to go Picture Quote #1

I’m trying to take more nothing time - and that means sacrificing doing. It’s partly to do with age, partly to do with the fact that writing takes up a lot of space in your head. My ideal is to go back to when I was a child. My life is quieter than it used to be. More and more I don’t really want to talk to people. I’d make a good nun, actually Picture Quote #1

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Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance Picture Quote #1

Become such as you are, having learned what that is Picture Quote #1

It was a long time ago now. And it was yesterday Picture Quote #1

Sometimes it was harder to change the past than it was the future Picture Quote #1

Love was the hardest thing. Don’t let anyone ever tell you different Picture Quote #1

Men had no purpose on earth whereas women were gods walking unrecognized among them Picture Quote #1

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The Grim Reaper, Gloria corrected herself - if anyone deserved capital letters it was surely Death. Gloria would rather like to be the Grim Reaper. She wouldn’t necessarily be grim, she suspected she would be quite cheerful (Come along now, don’t make such a fuss). (Kate Atkinson Quotes) Sometimes I would like to cry. I close my eyes. Why weren’t we designed so that we can close our ears as well? (Perhaps because we would never open them.) Is there some way that I could accelerate my evolution and develop earlids? (Kate Atkinson Quotes) Oh, God. What was happening to her, she was turning into a normal person (Kate Atkinson Quotes) He was born a politician. No, Ursula thought, he was born a baby, like everyone else. And this is what he has chosen to become (Kate Atkinson Quotes) You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best (Kate Atkinson Quotes) Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing (Kate Atkinson Quotes) Because I write fiction, I don’t write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. The first-person narrative is a very intimate thing, but you are not addressing other people as ‘I’ - you are inhabiting that ‘I.’ (Kate Atkinson Quotes) I’ve always loved mysteries, the something there that you didn’t know, and with ‘Case Histories’ I just decide to make that more up-front. (Kate Atkinson Quotes) I spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it. (Kate Atkinson Quotes) I had a novel in the back of my mind when I won an Ian St James story competition in 1993. At the award ceremony an agent asked me if I was writing a novel. I showed her four or five chapters of what would become ‘Behind the Scenes at the Museum’ and to my surprise she auctioned them off. (Kate Atkinson Quotes) The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That’s probably not a very postmodern thing to say. (Kate Atkinson Quotes) I don’t have goals when writing books, apart from getting to the end. I have rather vague ideas about how I want things to feel, I’m big on ambience. I have a title, a beginning and a probable ending and go from there. (Kate Atkinson Quotes) Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I’m totally insane. (Kate Atkinson Quotes) Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because ‘What if?’ is the big thing. (Kate Atkinson Quotes) I can’t imagine what it would be like to write in a relaxed state. I’m going to be writing some stories for my own interest. I want to experiment with different things and see if I can approach writing with much less control and in a better psychological state. It will be like breaking out of a straitjacket. (Kate Atkinson Quotes) The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up (Kate Atkinson Quotes) Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn’t understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely. (Kate Atkinson Quotes) Love was the hardest thing. Don’t let anyone ever tell you different. (Kate Atkinson Quotes) Writing for me is quite a plastic form, a kind of mental sculpture, although that sounds weird. It acquires its character and its depth as it goes along. (Kate Atkinson Quotes) The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes. (Kate Atkinson Quotes) I think about death a lot, I really do, because I can’t believe I won’t exist. It’s the ego isn’t it? I feel that I should retreat into a better form of Zen Buddhism than this kind of ego-dominated thing. But I don’t know, I mean, I want to come back as a tree but I suspect that it’s just not going to happen, is it? (Kate Atkinson Quotes) I think you have to learn for yourself how to write. I’m slightly mystified by creative writing courses - God love them - because I can’t understand how you can explain a process that I find so baffling. (Kate Atkinson Quotes) My father was an autodidact. It wasn’t a middle-class house. Shopkeepers are aspirant. He paid for me to go to private school. He was denied an education - he had a horrible childhood. He got a place at a grammar school and wasn’t allowed to go. (Kate Atkinson Quotes) I’m trying to take more nothing time - and that means sacrificing doing. It’s partly to do with age, partly to do with the fact that writing takes up a lot of space in your head. My ideal is to go back to when I was a child. My life is quieter than it used to be. More and more I don’t really want to talk to people. I’d make a good nun, actually. (Kate Atkinson Quotes) Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance (Kate Atkinson Quotes) Become such as you are, having learned what that is (Kate Atkinson Quotes) It was a long time ago now. And it was yesterday (Kate Atkinson Quotes) Sometimes it was harder to change the past than it was the future (Kate Atkinson Quotes) Love was the hardest thing. Don’t let anyone ever tell you different (Kate Atkinson Quotes) Men had no purpose on earth whereas women were gods walking unrecognized among them (Kate Atkinson Quotes)

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