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Scarlett Thomas quotes: Sometimes you have to trust grownups, perhaps more so when they are not there to actually supervise you.

Sometimes you have to trust grownups, perhaps more so when they are not there to actually supervise you.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: I'm a great believer in gathering together all your obsessions and seeing if you can make a novel out of them.

I'm a great believer in gathering together all your obsessions and seeing if you can make a novel out of them.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: Homeopathy seemed ... both mathematical and poetic.

Homeopathy seemed ... both mathematical and poetic.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: I hate stereotypes and I hate cliche.

I hate stereotypes and I hate cliche.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: Nothing means anything but you still have to follow the rules.

Nothing means anything but you still have to follow the rules.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: 'being published' is not the same as being a real writer.

'being published' is not the same as being a real writer.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: I wonder if the reason I tend to say yes to everything is because I deeply believe that I can survive anything.

I wonder if the reason I tend to say yes to everything is because I deeply believe that I can survive anything.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: In real life nothing means anything. Stuff happens and there just is no structure.

In real life nothing means anything. Stuff happens and there just is no structure.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: People make events into stories. Stories give events meaning.

People make events into stories. Stories give events meaning.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: Honesty and authenticity are a big deal for me.

Honesty and authenticity are a big deal for me.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: Oh fuck. It's like period pain in my head. It's toothache of the brain.

Oh fuck. It's like period pain in my head. It's toothache of the brain.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: And every one of these events is connected. But not by luck: it's pure cause and effect.

And every one of these events is connected. But not by luck: it's pure cause and effect.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: If life wasn't going to be like a Hollywood film, there was only one option: fuck life and rent the film instead.

If life wasn't going to be like a Hollywood film, there was only one option: fuck life and rent the film instead.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: I wonder at what point my life swerved to avoid that, and if that life would have been nicer than the one I've got.

I wonder at what point my life swerved to avoid that, and if that life would have been nicer than the one I've got.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: But I quite like the way you can talk about science without necessarily using mathematics, but using metaphors instead.

But I quite like the way you can talk about science without necessarily using mathematics, but using metaphors instead.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: My novels are high concept. I guess big ideas interest me more than, say, the minutiae of domestic life.

My novels are high concept. I guess big ideas interest me more than, say, the minutiae of domestic life.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: Now dare to be tragic, for you will be redeemed.' Friedrich Nietzsche Ah!

Now dare to be tragic, for you will be redeemed.' Friedrich Nietzsche Ah!

Scarlett Thomas quotes: If something wants to be a story, it will be.

If something wants to be a story, it will be.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: The clue's always, always, buried deep in the boredom ... Where do you feel most bored? Go there.

The clue's always, always, buried deep in the boredom ...
Where do you feel most bored? Go there.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: Christopher, like most people, didn't like his universe being unfathomable, so I doubted that a Zen koan would help him.

Christopher, like most people, didn't like his universe being unfathomable, so I doubted that a Zen koan would help him.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: Living for ever would be like marrying yourself, with no possibility of a divorce.

Living for ever would be like marrying yourself, with no possibility of a divorce.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: Not all events are stories.

Not all events are stories.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: Routine kills creative thought.

Routine kills creative thought.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: The sky was the colour of sad weddings.

The sky was the colour of sad weddings.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: What folly takes light through ether to each eye from every horizon.

What folly takes light through ether to each eye from every horizon.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: Over to my left is the big grey wall in front of the church.Are we the Thoughts of God? a poster asks.No, I realise. It's the reverse.

Over to my left is the big grey wall in front of the church.
Are we the Thoughts of God? a poster asks.
No, I realise. It's the reverse.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: Homeopaths argue that water has a memory.

Homeopaths argue that water has a memory.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: Libby stood at the bar like something that had been hastily added at the end of a painting that hasn't quite dried yet.

Libby stood at the bar like something that had been hastily added at the end of a painting that hasn't quite dried yet.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: Sometimes I wake up with such an immense sense of disappointment that I can hardly breathe.

Sometimes I wake up with such an immense sense of disappointment that I can hardly breathe.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: I erased the thought from my mind, but I couldn't undo the fact that I'd had the thought in the first place.

I erased the thought from my mind, but I couldn't undo the fact that I'd had the thought in the first place.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: One of the biggest problems for beginning writers is this need to over-explain.

One of the biggest problems for beginning writers is this need to over-explain.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: The storyless story is a vagina with teeth.

The storyless story is a vagina with teeth.

Scarlett Thomas quotes: I think about stories and their logic and wonder if there can be any such thing as simply there is a book.

I think about stories and their logic and wonder if there can be any such thing as simply there is a book.