I sort of mind living in a time when most of the l... -A. S. Byatt

I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew up on a love of history, philosophy, science and religion, but not to think too much about yourself.

A. S. Byatt , Novelist
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A. S. Byatt is a highly acclaimed novelist known for her richly layered and intricate works of fiction. Her novels often explore themes of art, history, and the complexities of human relationships. Byatt's exquisite storytelling and attention to detail have garnered critical acclaim, making her a prominent figure in contemporary British literature.

A. S. Byatt Quotes to Explore

The true exercise of freedom is - cannily and wisely and with grace - to move inside what space confines - and not seek to know what lies beyond and c...
Cyclists. I really hate them. I wish they would not be so self-righteous and realise they are a danger to pedestrians. I wish cyclists would not vindi...
I watch a lot of sport on television. I only watch certain sports, and I only watch them live - I don't think I've ever been able to watch a replay of...
I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid creatures who soo...
I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew up on a love of history, philosophy, s...
As a little girl, I didn't like stories about little girls. I liked stories about dragons and beasts and princes and princesses and fear and terror an...
Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape....
In our world of sleek flesh and collagen, Botox and liposuction, what we most fear is the dissolution of the body-mind, the death of the brain....
You learn different things through fiction. Historians are always making a plot about how certain things came to happen. Whereas a novelist looks at t...
The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free....

History Quotes to Explore

We have plenty of examples from twentieth-century history where, out of fear of liberalism or Communism, religious conservatives made alliances with s...
I did 'Call of Duty Modern Warfare' as Gaz, then I did Ghost in 'Modern Warfare 2,' which has become one of the most iconic figures in the history of ...
There is a big push that we all are engaged in, in wanting to have the newest in innovation - and I think that's all really great. But I also feel tha...
I believe this generation should know their history and they should know that the struggle's not over yet....
Throughout history, cities have been associated with incredible bursts of creative energy - the Renaissance in Florence, or modernism in Paris. London...
I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew up on a love of history, philosophy, s...
There were no strategic mistakes that could affect Russia's history and it further development. No, there were no such mistakes. Tactical errors were ...
When I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State after Grinnell, I joined the moribund remnants of the Actor's Workshop, unti...
In the entire history of the human species, every tool we've invented has been to expand muscle power. All except one. The integrated circuit, the com...
Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', as historical fiction about history that never happe...