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Margaret Atwood Quotes

The act of making a photograph is less a question of what is being looked at than how Picture Quote #1

Write down the thoughts and even more, write down a specific line. If you don’t, it’ll fly away forever Picture Quote #1

Don’t be married to a line or verse if it can’t rhyme, fit the meter, or doesn’t fit the outline Picture Quote #1

Richard liked to say he picked things up for a song, which was odd, because he never sang. He never even whistled. He was not a musical person Picture Quote #1

I wait. I compose myself. My self is a thing I must now compose, as one composes a speech. What I must present is a made thing, not something born Picture Quote #1

You can wipe your feet on me, twist my motives around all you like, you can dump millstones on my head and drown me in the river, but you can’t get me out of the story. I’m the plot, babe, and don’t ever forget it Picture Quote #1

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It’s only afterwards that it becomes anything like a story at all. When you’re telling it, to yourself or to someone else Picture Quote #1

Time in dreams is frozen. You can never get away from where you’ve been Picture Quote #1

Love was like a steamroller. There was no avoiding it; it went over you and you came out flat Picture Quote #1

Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does Picture Quote #1

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer, an almost physical nerve, the kind you need to walk a log across a river Picture Quote #1

The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read Picture Quote #1

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Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress Picture Quote #1

It’s a lifelong failing: she has never been prepared. But how can you have a sense of wonder if you’re prepared for everything? Prepared for the sunset. Prepared for the moonrise. Prepared for the ice storm. What a flat existence that would be Picture Quote #1

For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control... I think it’s very much like dreaming or like surfing. You go out there and wait for a wave, and when it comes it takes you somewhere and you don’t know where it’ll go Picture Quote #1

I don’t think I solve problems in my poetry; I think I uncover the problems Picture Quote #1

You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it, and this, paradoxically, alters reality. Try it and see Picture Quote #1

Writing... is an act of faith: I believe it’s also an act of hope, the hope that things can get better than they are Picture Quote #1

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Don’t sit down in the middle of the woods. If you’re lost in the plot or blocked, retrace your steps to where you went wrong. Then take the other road. And/or change the person. Change the tense. Change the opening page Picture Quote #1

Although from you I far must roam, do not be broken hearted. We two, who in the souls are one, are never truly parted Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

No male writer is likely to be asked to sit on a panel addressing itself to the special problems of a male writer Picture Quote #1

There are some women who seem to be born without fear, just as there are people who are born without the ability to feel pain... Providence appears to protect such women, maybe out of astonishment Picture Quote #1

Here and there are worms, evidence of the fertility of the soil, caught by the sun, half dead; flexible and pink, like lips Picture Quote #1

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I tend to feel if people say they’re going to do something, they will, if given the chance Picture Quote #1

The heart with letters on it shining like a light bulb through the trim hole painted in the chest, art history Picture Quote #1

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there’s less of you Picture Quote #1

Genres aren’t closed boxes. Stuff flows back and forth across the borders all the time Picture Quote #1

I’m not interested in cutting the feet off my characters or stretching them to make them fit my certain political view Picture Quote #1

Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas of life on earth Picture Quote #1

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The act of making a photograph is less a question of what is being looked at than how (Margaret Atwood Quotes) Write down the thoughts and even more, write down a specific line. If you don’t, it’ll fly away forever (Margaret Atwood Quotes) Don’t be married to a line or verse if it can’t rhyme, fit the meter, or doesn’t fit the outline (Margaret Atwood Quotes) Richard liked to say he picked things up for a song, which was odd, because he never sang. He never even whistled. He was not a musical person (Margaret Atwood Quotes) I wait. I compose myself. My self is a thing I must now compose, as one composes a speech. What I must present is a made thing, not something born (Margaret Atwood Quotes) You can wipe your feet on me, twist my motives around all you like, you can dump millstones on my head and drown me in the river, but you can’t get me out of the story. I’m the plot, babe, and don’t ever forget it (Margaret Atwood Quotes) It’s only afterwards that it becomes anything like a story at all. When you’re telling it, to yourself or to someone else (Margaret Atwood Quotes) Time in dreams is frozen. You can never get away from where you’ve been (Margaret Atwood Quotes) Love was like a steamroller. There was no avoiding it; it went over you and you came out flat (Margaret Atwood Quotes) Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does (Margaret Atwood Quotes) You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer, an almost physical nerve, the kind you need to walk a log across a river (Margaret Atwood Quotes) The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read (Margaret Atwood Quotes) Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress (Margaret Atwood Quotes) It’s a lifelong failing: she has never been prepared. But how can you have a sense of wonder if you’re prepared for everything? Prepared for the sunset. Prepared for the moonrise. Prepared for the ice storm. What a flat existence that would be (Margaret Atwood Quotes) For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control... I think it’s very much like dreaming or like surfing. You go out there and wait for a wave, and when it comes it takes you somewhere and you don’t know where it’ll go (Margaret Atwood Quotes) I don’t think I solve problems in my poetry; I think I uncover the problems (Margaret Atwood Quotes) You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it, and this, paradoxically, alters reality. Try it and see (Margaret Atwood Quotes) Writing... is an act of faith: I believe it’s also an act of hope, the hope that things can get better than they are (Margaret Atwood Quotes) Don’t sit down in the middle of the woods. If you’re lost in the plot or blocked, retrace your steps to where you went wrong. Then take the other road. And/or change the person. Change the tense. Change the opening page (Margaret Atwood Quotes) Although from you I far must roam, do not be broken hearted. We two, who in the souls are one, are never truly parted (Margaret Atwood Quotes) 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 Quotes) No male writer is likely to be asked to sit on a panel addressing itself to the special problems of a male writer (Margaret Atwood Quotes) There are some women who seem to be born without fear, just as there are people who are born without the ability to feel pain... Providence appears to protect such women, maybe out of astonishment (Margaret Atwood Quotes) Here and there are worms, evidence of the fertility of the soil, caught by the sun, half dead; flexible and pink, like lips (Margaret Atwood Quotes) I tend to feel if people say they’re going to do something, they will, if given the chance (Margaret Atwood Quotes) The heart with letters on it shining like a light bulb through the trim hole painted in the chest, art history (Margaret Atwood Quotes) A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there’s less of you (Margaret Atwood Quotes) Genres aren’t closed boxes. Stuff flows back and forth across the borders all the time (Margaret Atwood Quotes) I’m not interested in cutting the feet off my characters or stretching them to make them fit my certain political view (Margaret Atwood Quotes) Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas of life on earth (Margaret Atwood Quotes)

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