I'd been to an Orthodox Jewish primary school where, every morning, the boys said, 'Thank you God for not making me a woman.' If you put that together with 'The Handmaid's Tale' in your head, something will eventually go fizz! Boom! Naomi Alderman More Quotes by Naomi Alderman More Quotes From Naomi Alderman When we learn to TOLERATE boredom, we find out who we really are. Naomi Alderman tolerateboredom What is freedom, in the end, but that no one cares any longer to try to restrain us? Naomi Alderman no-one-carescaretrying Our body is there right now. You did not have to earn a thing. It is a gift. You are a hero every time you step out of your front door to do some exercise. Naomi Alderman heroexercisedoors The gaming world isn't filled only with violence and depravity. In fact, it's mostly enchanting. Naomi Alderman onlygamingviolenceworld As a gamer, I can't think of anything more annoying for everyone concerned than playing games in a shared living room. Naomi Alderman everyonethinklivinggamer More choice doesn't make us happy, and we understand that no one has infinite choices about how to live life. Naomi Alderman understandlive-lifehappylife When a marriage founders, this may well be cause for tremendous sadness, but it's not a failure of spirit or character. People change, their goals and dreams alter, their ideas of themselves grow, or they just meet someone they like better. Naomi Alderman dreamsfailuremarriagechange The species will continue, whatever apocalypse we manage to unleash. It just won't be much fun to live through. Naomi Alderman livewhateverwillfun I was incredibly inspired by Oprah Winfrey as a young woman. Naomi Alderman oprah-winfreywomaninspiredyoung We human beings get nervous if we don't know what's going on. It's the rule for creating scary stories: the unknown is always more frightening than the known. Naomi Alderman humanmoreknowalways Sometimes you feel like the people who invest in hate are winning. Then you just want to talk about love and what it really means to love yourself. Naomi Alderman yourselfyoulovepeople I find the sneeriness about 'selfie-culture' quite boring - I'm excited by young people taking control of their own images and finding out for themselves how much Photoshop has done for models. Naomi Alderman controlboringdonepeople It is a very different feeling to be in a fat body that is moving a lot to one that hardly moves at all. It feels like love. As simple and as joyful as that. Naomi Alderman fatfeelingsimplelove People who were always hardbodies love that competitive style of team-sports activity: they come up with timers and fitness contests and personal bests. But for the vast majority of people, competition in exercise is not fun. It's no fun to compete if you know you can never win. Naomi Alderman youstylefitnesslove If I'm working every day, it's like pumping a pump. When you start, rusty water comes out, and then it runs clear. I do it even if I get completely stuck. Naomi Alderman every-daydayyouwater The politics of fear are always the same. They are easily recognisable in retrospect. They are easy to acquiesce in at the time. Naomi Alderman politicsfeareasytime Expect to be disgusted by your own early work. If writing is your vocation, if you hope that it might be your salvation, push on through the disgust until you find one true sentence, a few words that say more than you expected, something you didn't know until you set it down. Naomi Alderman wordsyouhopework I hate to be one of those people who forwards links to 'hilarious pictures' or 'brilliant games' to half their contacts database. Naomi Alderman pictureshatehalfpeople Claude Cahun is a fascinating artist - one of the few women to be part of the surrealist movement, she and her partner Suzanne Malherbe took on men's names and made artworks that investigated female identity long before 'The Second Sex' or Cindy Sherman. Naomi Alderman partnerwomenmenlong It's hard to describe why one room and not another feels right for writing. Of course you have to train yourself to be able to write anywhere, but it's nice to feel that each book has a place that belongs to it, where it's home. Naomi Alderman yourselffeelyouhome
