A. S. Byatt
Biography
Quotes
- Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends.
- I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity. If you look really hard at almost anybody, and try to see why they're doing what they're doing, taking a dig at them ceases to be what you want to do even if you hate them.
- Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.
