Reading and writing are connected. I learned to read very early so I could read the comics, which I then started to draw. Margaret Atwood
Once upon a time, novelists of the 19th century, such as Charles Dickens, published in serial form. Margaret Atwood
Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. Margaret Atwood
The darkness is really out there. It's not something that's in my head, just. It's in my work because it's in the world. Margaret Atwood
Science never makes things that do not have to do with what we feel, by which I mean what we want and what we fear. Margaret Atwood
Science fiction is filled with Martians and space travel to other planets, and things like that. Margaret Atwood
Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist. Margaret Atwood
My brother and I were both good at science, and we were both good at English literature. Either one of us could have gone either way. Margaret Atwood
The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies. Margaret Atwood
Speculative fiction encompasses that which we could actually do. Sci-fi is that which we're probably not going to see. Margaret Atwood
Some bioengineering is good, especially if it results in plants that are more drought-resistant or perennial food crops. Margaret Atwood
People use technology only to mean digital technology. Technology is actually everything we make. Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. Margaret Atwood
Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time. Margaret Atwood