I don’t think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It’s essentially just a long narrative form. What you use that long narrative form for can be very different. Margaret Atwood Read Quote
The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you’re opposed to it. But when you’re writing a novel, you don’t want the reader to come out of it voting yes or no to some question. Life is more complicated than that. Margaret Atwood Read Quote
Science fiction is filled with Martians and space travel to other planets, and things like that. Margaret Atwood Read Quote
Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas of life on earth. Margaret Atwood Read Quote
We have to rethink our whole energy approach, which is hard to do because we’re so dependent on oil, not just for fuel but also plastic. If plastic vanished, there would be total chaos. We have to think quite carefully about using oil and its derivatives, because it’s not going to be around forever. Margaret Atwood Read Quote
I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter Darth Vader. That’s science fiction; it isn’t going to happen. Margaret Atwood Read Quote
Science never makes things that do not have to do with what we feel, by which I mean what we want and what we fear. Margaret Atwood Read Quote
When you’re writing a novel, you don’t want the reader to come out of it voting yes or no to some question. Life is more complicated than that. Reality simply consists of different points of view. Margaret Atwood Read Quote
I tend to feel if people say they’re going to do something, they will, if given the chance. Margaret Atwood Read Quote