Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale
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86 sayings
Sayings by Margaret Atwood
I'm not a prophet. I'm just a writer with a good imagination.
2017
— Interview with The Paris Review
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The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.
1985
— The Handmaid's Tale
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I'm a natural worrier.
2009
— Interview with The Guardian
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The only way to get through life is to laugh at it.
2019
— The Testaments
Life & Aging
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I'm not a prophet. Prophets can see into the future. I just look at the present very carefully.
2018
— Interview on her writing process
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The truth is, I don't know what's going to happen. So I write about what I know.
2017
— Interview on speculative fiction
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