Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends.
I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has. - A. S. Byatt
I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has.
- A. S. Byatt
Harm can come about without will or action. But will and action can avert harm. - A. S. Byatt
Harm can come about without will or action. But will and action can avert harm.
What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude. - A. S. Byatt
What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.
I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self the more you do. - A. S. Byatt
I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self the more you do.
I'm more interested in books than people, and I always expect everybody else to be, but they're not. - A. S. Byatt
I'm more interested in books than people, and I always expect everybody else to be, but they're not.
I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask you to think independently. - A. S. Byatt
I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask you to think independently.
Independent women must expect more of themselves, since neither men nor other more conventionally domesticated women will hope for anything, or expec… - A. S. Byatt
Independent women must expect more of themselves, since neither men nor other more conventionally domesticated women will hope for anything, or expec…
Everything is surprising, rightly seen. - A. S. Byatt
Everything is surprising, rightly seen.
Young girls are sad. They like to be; it makes them feel strong. - A. S. Byatt
Young girls are sad. They like to be; it makes them feel strong.
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