Margaret Atwood

The fact is that I don't write science fiction. I write speculative fiction.

Fiction is not a lie. Fiction is a truth. If you can imagine it, it's possible.

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.

The young are quick to see the ridiculous.

The human brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.

Power is not a thing. It’s a relationship.

Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance. You have to work at it.

Nobody dies from lack of sex. It’s lack of love we die from.

When we're afraid, we cling to what we know.

To be a man is to be afraid. To be a woman is to be more afraid.

The world is full of things you don't want to know.

Give me children, or else I die. There’s more than one meaning to it.

You can't be a human being without a sense of humor. It's the only thing that saves us.

The ends justify the means. But what if there are no ends?

Each of us is a book, waiting to be written.

Don't let the bastards get you down.

The moment of change is the only poem.

You can't save anyone from themselves.

Sanity is a valuable possession; I hoard it like a miser.

When power is concentrated, it can be abused.