Women hate each other in science. You know why? Because the few that are around were trained by men. They survived by being twice as good and twice a…

- Allegra Goodman

I do think some games are works of art, although their medium is visual rather than verbal. Both games and novels allow the reader/player to become a…

- Allegra Goodman

I think poetry bridges text and image. Poetry is visual in its imagery - but it requires close attention to words themselves. Words become jewels in …

- Allegra Goodman

Love your material. Nothing frightens the inner critic more than the writer who loves her work. The writer who is enamored of her material forgets al…

- Allegra Goodman

I suspect the popularity of young adults and dystopian novels has something to do with a desire for allegory and old-fashioned morality tales. In fac…

- Allegra Goodman

Here's my theory: I think both fiction and role-playing games involve a narrative journey. When that journey never ends, it feeds an addictive cycle.…

- Allegra Goodman

I do not think novels are necessarily more worthwhile than games. A novel can be a trivial waste of time, and a game can teach. Whatever the genre, I…

- Allegra Goodman

For many American-Jewish writers, the dominant motifs have been cultural, secular, sometimes comic, often satirical. Writing about the religious comp…

- Allegra Goodman

In novels like 'Kaaterskill Falls', I've been able to write sympathetically about religious people - and beyond that, I've been able to take a religi…

- Allegra Goodman