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Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (A. S. Byatt)

2025-02-20 13:40:00 -

I find the attempt to find things out, which scientists are possessed by, to be as human as breathing, or feeding, or sex. And so the science has to be in the novels as science and not just as metaphors.

I find the attempt to find things out, which scientists are possessed by, to be as human as breathing, or feeding, or sex. And so the science has to be in the novels as science and not just as metaphors.

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Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (A. S. Byatt)

2025-02-20 13:41:00 -

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

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

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Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (A. S. Byatt)

2025-02-20 13:42:00 -

If you want to teach women to be great writers, you should show them the best, and the best was often done by men. It was more often done by men than by women, if we're going to be truthful.

If you want to teach women to be great writers, you should show them the best, and the best was often done by men. It was more often done by men than by women, if we're going to be truthful.

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Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (A. S. Byatt)

2025-02-20 13:43:00 -

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.

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.

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Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (A. S. Byatt)

2025-02-20 13:44:00 -

I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has.

I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has.

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Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (A. S. Byatt)

2025-02-20 13:45:00 -

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.

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.

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Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (A. S. Byatt)

2025-02-20 13:46:00 -

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

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

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Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (A. S. Byatt)

2025-02-20 13:47:00 -

One of the reasons I've gotten so attached to talking to scientists is that... they know there is a reality.

One of the reasons I've gotten so attached to talking to scientists is that... they know there is a reality.

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Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (A. S. Byatt)

2025-02-20 13:48:00 -

I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.

I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.

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Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (A. S. Byatt)

2025-02-20 13:49:00 -

I hated being a novelist when I was 20 - I had nothing to write about.

I hated being a novelist when I was 20 - I had nothing to write about.

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