If you want to be a writer, you should go into the largest library you can find and stand there contemplating the books that have been written. Then you should ask yourself, 'Do I really have anything to add?' If you have the arrogance or the humility to say yes, you will know you have the vocation.


Second Words: Selected Critical Prose 1960-1982 (1982)

Margaret Atwood Quotes

If you want to be a writer, you should go into the largest library you can find and stand there contemplating the books that have been written. Then...

If you want to be a writer, you should go into the largest library you can find and stand there contemplating the books that have been written. Then...

If you want to be a writer, you should go into the largest library you can find and stand there contemplating the books that have been written. Then...

If you want to be a writer, you should go into the largest library you can find and stand there contemplating the books that have been written. Then...