Author: Kate Atkinson

Quotes

My work is not my life. I started writing quite late, I didn't have that 'writing is everything, my art is all.' You have to be able to recognise the difference between the two.

My work is not my life. I started writing quite late, I didn't have that 'writing is everything, my art is all.' You have to be able to recognise the difference between the two.

- Kate Atkinson

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

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

- Kate Atkinson

Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.

Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.

- Kate Atkinson

Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane.

Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane.

- Kate Atkinson

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

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

- Kate Atkinson

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