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Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form and that it's timeless that it reaches back.
Life is a very orderly thing but in fiction there is a huge liberation and freedom. I can do what I like. There's nothing that says I can't write a page of full stops. There is no 'should' involved although you wouldn't know that from literary reviews and critics.
Quotes By Kate Atkinson
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Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don't conform to the...
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When I'm writing my neural pathways get blocked. I can't read. I can barely...
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I'm a lapsed Quaker. I don't go to meetings any more. But I'm very drawn to...
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My father was an autodidact. It wasn't a middle-class house. Shopkeepers are...
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I think about death a lot I really do because I can't believe I won't...
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The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death...
Quotes About Freedom
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Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and...
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What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or...
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If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed...
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We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take...
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Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for...
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Without economic development any potential for political openness and...
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The very first things that I did even in theater were bad guys. They are...
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To me music has to be about freedom. It's the most important thing in my life.
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People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say 'If I...