Author: Kate Atkinson

Quotes

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

It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.

It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.

- Kate Atkinson

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

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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