“I'd been to an Orthodox Jewish primary school where, every morning, the boys said, 'Thank you God for not making me a woman.' If you put that together with 'The Handmaid's Tale' in your head...”
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English novelist, game writer, and television executive producer.
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“I'd been to an Orthodox Jewish primary school where, every morning, the boys said, 'Thank you God for not making me a woman.' If you put that together with 'The Handmaid's Tale' in your head...”
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“I really hope that men read 'The Power' and watch 'The Handmaid's Tale' and read 'The Handmaid's Tale.'”
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“What makes 'The Handmaid's Tale' so terrifying is that everything that happens in it is plausible.”
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“I get migraines. I've had them all my life; so has my dad. So did his grandmother, although back then they called them 'sick headaches.'”
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“If gaming were seen as an art, the important question would be not whether games are good for us but whether they are good, full stop.”
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“The hilarity or brilliance of a forwarded link is inversely proportional to the number of people it's sent to.”
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“While 'Iron Man' is tremendous fun, it's another reminder of the pressure on all of us to make ourselves increasingly perfect and a little less human. And that is something it is important t...”
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“I was there on 9/11. I watched the towers falling from my office window, at which point I decided I would give up my job at a law firm in Manhattan and come back to the U.K.”
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“I had a year of panic attacks. I was feeling really pressured, like I could never do it again. With a first novel, you put things on hold because it takes so much mental energy and self-beli...”
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“For millennia, human beings have been finding new ways to look at the world through each others' eyes: from projecting ourselves onto the characters in novels or movies to dressing up in cos...”
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“Attending a book group is always a salutary experience for a writer. There's no guarantee that the people there will have enjoyed your book, and, as anyone who has taken part in a book group...”
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“I was incredibly inspired by Oprah Winfrey as a young woman.”
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“I don't think I have any particular problem with God.”
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“I find the sneeriness about 'selfie-culture' quite boring - I'm excited by young people taking control of their own images and finding out for themselves how much Photoshop has done for mode...”
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“Traditions are always puzzling to those who don't share them. I'm Jewish, so the idea of a 'perfect family Christmas' is foreign to me.”
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“If I'm working every day, it's like pumping a pump. When you start, rusty water comes out, and then it runs clear. I do it even if I get completely stuck.”
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“I have a suspicion of lockstep and everyone looking in the same direction: that's a key character trait in me.”
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