Kate Atkinson Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Certainly I had a really terrible time with 'Emotionally Weird.' When I finished it, I thought, 'I can't write any more.'”

“If you don't have a unique voice, then you're not really a writer.”

“I spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it.”

“The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.”

“'Feminism' is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isn't it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldn't it?”

“I did feel when my mother died if anyone was going to haunt me it would be her. And she hasn't, so I think it is possibly the end.”

“A novel and its writer are inseparable: you are your books. A play's not like that at all. 'Abandonment's not mine - it's everyone's. I wanted it to be a co-operative thing because I was tired of that anal control that I have over novels.”

“Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don't conform to the reality that's around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything, but I wanted to be an actress.”

“But I, you know, if I could choose a period to go back to, I think I would like to live through the Blitz. 'Cause you do read so many accounts of people saying they're living their lives at such an intense pitch that it was a completely different way of living.”

“I don't have goals when writing books, apart from getting to the end. I have rather vague ideas about how I want things to feel, I'm big on ambience. I have a title, a beginning and a probable ending and go from there.”