Harm can come about without will or action. But will and action can avert harm.

- A. S. Byatt

I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self the more you do.

- A. S. Byatt

I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has.

- 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.

- A. S. Byatt

I'm more interested in books than people, and I always expect everybody else to be, but they're not.

- 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…

- A. S. Byatt

What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.

- A. S. Byatt

Young girls are sad. They like to be; it makes them feel strong.

- A. S. Byatt

Everything is surprising, rightly seen.

- A. S. Byatt