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As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: I worry about anthropomorphism as a form of

I worry about anthropomorphism as a form of self-deception. (The Christian religion is an anthropomorphic account of the universe.) — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: I don't only write about English literature; I

I don't only write about English literature; I also write about chaos theory and ... ants. I can understand ants. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Art does not exist for politics, or for

Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Literary critics make natural detectives.

Literary critics make natural detectives. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Books that change you, even later in life,

Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: There are things, also, that are memories as

There are things, also, that are memories as essential and structural as bones in toes and fingers. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Think of this - that the writer wrote

Think of this - that the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Narrative is one of the best intoxicants or

Narrative is one of the best intoxicants or tranquilisers. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: He had his ownways of sublimation.

He had his own
ways of sublimation. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Everything is surprising, rightly seen.

Everything is surprising, rightly seen. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: When I was a child - in wartime,

When I was a child - in wartime, pre-television - books were my life. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: We might do better if we saw art

We might do better if we saw art as a technique, not a mystique. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: The point of painting is not really deception

The point of painting is not really deception or imitation. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: I do love you, my Florence. Will you

I do love you, my Florence. Will you always be so sensible?"
"No. I quite expect to become very silly as I grow older. Everyone seems to. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: One does not remember the winners. One remains

One does not remember the winners. One remains haunted by the losers. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying

There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By Jay Parini: The most dazzling aspect of 'Possession' is Ms.

The most dazzling aspect of 'Possession' is Ms. Byatt's canny invention of letters, poems and diaries from the 19th century. — Jay Parini

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: I have a dreadful fear that the more

I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: It's because I'm a feminist that I can't

It's because I'm a feminist that I can't stand women limiting other women's imaginations. It really makes me angry. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Where would we be without inhibitions? They're quite

Where would we be without inhibitions? They're quite useful things when you look at some of the things humans do if they lose them. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Narration is as much a part of human

Narration is as much a part of human nature as breath and the circulation of the blood. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: But poets don't want homes do they? they

But poets don't want homes
do they?
they are not creatures of hearths and firedogs, but of heaths and ranging hounds. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: I cannot let you burn me up, nor

I cannot let you burn me up, nor can I resist you. No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: It is good for a man to invite

It is good for a man to invite his ghosts into his warm interior, out of the wild night, into the firelight, out of the howling dark. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Outside our small safe place flies mystery.

Outside our small safe place flies mystery. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Autobiographies tell more lies than all but the

Autobiographies tell more lies than all but the most self-indulgent fiction . — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Everybody's possibilities solidify round them and become limitations.

Everybody's possibilities solidify round them and become limitations. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: All these are true and none. The place

All these are true and none. The place is there
Is what we name it, and is not. It is. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: I'd like to write the way Matisse paints.

I'd like to write the way Matisse paints. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: The reading eye must do the work to

The reading eye must do the work to make them live, and so it did, again and again, never the same life twice, as the artist had intended. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: I did a lot of my writing as

I did a lot of my writing as though I was an academic, doing some piece of research as perfectly as possible. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: An odd phrase, "by heart," he would add,

An odd phrase, "by heart," he would add, as though poems were stored in the bloodstream. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: The historian is an indissoluble part of his

The historian is an indissoluble part of his history, as the poet is of his poem, as the shadowy biographer is of his subject's life ... — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: ...bleached by darkness

...bleached by darkness — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: I am a creature of my pen. My

I am a creature of my pen. My pen is the best of me. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: You learn a lot about love before you

You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: No man has a right to dictate another

No man has a right to dictate another man's inner life - the furniture inside his skull. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Julian occasionally thought that enjoying oneself was a

Julian occasionally thought that enjoying oneself was a very strenuous occupation. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in

I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: How true it was that one needed to

How true it was that one needed to be seen by others to be sure of one's own existence. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: I think the names of colors are at

I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where language fails and where it's at its most powerful. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: I know that part of the reason I

I know that part of the reason I read Tolkien when I'm ill is that there is an almost total absence of sexuality in his world, which is restful. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: It's exhausting. When everything's a deliberate political stance.

It's exhausting. When everything's a deliberate political stance. Even if it's interesting. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: I don't like gurus. I don't like people

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

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Contemporary' was in those days [1953] synonymous with

Contemporary' was in those days [1953] synonymous with 'modern' as it had not been before and is not now [1977]. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Ice burns, and it is hard to the

Ice burns, and it is hard to the warm-skinned to distinguish one
sensation, fire, from the other, frost. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Creative Writing was not a form of psychotherapy,

Creative Writing was not a form of psychotherapy, in ways both sublime and ridiculuous, it clearly was, precisely that. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: I'm more interested in books than people, and

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

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Things are not what they seem.

Things are not what they seem. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: She is afraid of divorce, which will free

She is afraid of divorce, which will free her, as she was not enough afraid of marriage, which trapped her. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: A man may be in as just possession

A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a City, and yet be forced to surrender it - this was the wise saying of Sir Thomas Browne. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: I was no good at being a child.

I was no good at being a child. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: You are safe with me.""I am not at

You are safe with me."
"I am not at all safe, with you. But I have no desire to be elsewhere. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: I hated being a novelist when I was

I hated being a novelist when I was 20 - I had nothing to write about. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: On the other side of attraction, is repulsion.

On the other side of attraction, is repulsion. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: He knew her, he believed. He would teach

He knew her, he believed. He would teach her that she was not his possession, he would show her she was free, he would see her flash her wings. — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: History, writing, infect after a time a man's

History, writing, infect after a time a man's sense of himself ... — A.S. Byatt

As Byatt Quotes By A.S. Byatt: Iron bars make a cage all right, and

Iron bars make a cage all right, and the more you look at them or reproduce them the more you know it's a real cage. — A.S. Byatt