Eleanor Catton Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“An interesting thing about New Zealand, you know, literature is that it really didn't begin in any real sense until the 20th century.”

“I can feel the public side of my life and the private side of my life sort of drifting away from one another.”

“From the very beginning, I had an ambition for 'The Luminaries': a direction - but not a real idea.”

“Sometimes I'll read something on Twitter, and I'll just be in the darkest of moods for the rest of the day or the rest of the week sometimes.”

“It seems pretentious to assume that we are not creatures of action. I think often it takes a situation of extreme absurdity, extreme action, to push us to the limits of what our character is, and to change us as people.”

“I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children.”

“I vote far-left. I am frequently angered by corporate greed and think education ought to be free and teachers paid well.”

“It's very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice.”

“I think it's more optimistic about human nature to acknowledge that people are the products of their time but then to see that they have moments of grace and dignity that everybody has.”

“A trip to the picture framer's, with a selection of prints, is the most joyous outing I can imagine. I've spent more money on framing than on anything else I own.”