expectation isn't the same as desire Margaret Atwood More Quotes by Margaret Atwood More Quotes From Margaret Atwood I want, I don’t want. How can one live with such a heart? Margaret Atwood wantheart If I am good enough and quiet enough, perhaps after all they will let me go; but it’s not easy being quiet and good, it’s like hanging on to the edge of a bridge when you’ve already fallen over; you don’t seem to be moving, just dangling there, and yet it is taking all your strength. Margaret Atwood over-youbridgesmoving I never say I'm an "ist" of any kind unless I know how the other person is defining it. Margaret Atwood definingkindpersons Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to land, where the notes are read and then possibly cherished, or else misinterpreted, or else understood all too well by those who hate the message. You never know who your readers might be. Margaret Atwood hateseabook Ordinary, said Aunt Lydia, is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary to you now, but after a time it will. It will become ordinary. Margaret Atwood auntordinarymay I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary. Margaret Atwood airsleeplove War is what happens when language fails. Margaret Atwood empoweringlanguagewar Forgiving men is so much easier than forgiving women. Margaret Atwood forgivenesswomenforgiving I have been known to buy e-versions of my books because I was in a hotel room and I needed one right away to look up something in it; very handy for that - you can have it just the next minute; you can press the button and just have it. Margaret Atwood buttonsbooklooks Never pray for justice, because you might get some. Margaret Atwood umpiresprayerjustice Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. Margaret Atwood publishbookpeople If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word. Margaret Atwood writers-blockperfectwriting If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I have no foolproof anything. There's nothing foolproof. Margaret Atwood waitingperfectwriting Social media is called social media for a reason. It lends itself to sharing rather than horn-tooting. Margaret Atwood mediasocialreason The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose. Margaret Atwood literatureanswersreality If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary. Margaret Atwood maryfemalesaint 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 oddmusicsong You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer. Margaret Atwood nervescertainneeds A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. Margaret Atwood ratiosreasonwriting Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the snow. Margaret Atwood nameswritingchildren
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