“I watch a lot of sport on television. I only watch certain sports, and I only watch them live - I don't think I've ever been able to watch a replay of a match or game of which the result was already decided. I feel bound to cheat and look up what can be looked up.” ThinkingFeelsLooksAbleCertainGamesSportsResultsWatchesTelevisionDecidedBoundsLook UpCheatReplay Author:A. S. Byatt
“Where would we be without inhibitions? Theyre quite useful things when you look at some of the things humans do if they lose them.” IfsHumansLooksLosesInhibitionsUseful Things Author:A. S. Byatt
“Louis de Bernires is in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh. . .he has only to look into his world, one senses, for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste.” WorldLooksRealityRunningLinesTasteDirectSensesColourDickens Author:A. S. Byatt
“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.” IfsThinkingWantTryingLooksHardHateVirtueCuriosityWhat You WantCeasePrize Author:A. S. Byatt
“I'm not very interested in myself. I do have a deep moral belief that you should always look out at other things and not be self-centred.” ShouldLooksSelfBeliefMoralMoral Beliefs Author:A. S. Byatt
“In my mind's eye Shakespeare is a huge, hot sea-beast, with fire in his veins and ice on his claws and inscrutable eyes, who looks like an inchoate hump under the encrustations of live barnacle-commentaries, limpets and trailing weeds.” MindLooksEyeFireSeaHugeHotIceBeastWeedVeinsCommentaryClawsInscrutableBarnacles Author:A. S. Byatt
