A. S. Byatt Quotes


I find the attempt to find things out, which scientists are possessed by, to be as human as breathing, or feeding, or sex. And so the science has to be in the novels as science and not just as metaphors.


Citations

Byatt, A. S. "The Art of Fiction No. 168." The Paris Review, no. 159, Fall 2001.

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A. S. Byatt
A. S. Byatt
  • Born: August 24, 1936
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Writer, Poet

Dame Antonia Susan Duffy DBE HonFBA, known professionally as A. S. Byatt (/ˈbaɪ.ət/ BY-ət), is an English novelist, poet and Booker Prize winner. In 2008, The Times newspaper named her on its list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.