“I think predictability is built into any good novel in some way - you begin reading Anna Karenina and you know pretty much what's going to happen at the end. But that doesn't mean you know what's going to happen in the middle. For me, it's that sense of what happens in the middle that's important.” ThinkingKnowsWayMeanImportantEndsHappensReadingNovelMiddleBuiltAnnaPredictability Author:Scarlett Thomas
“In some ways I'm a frustrated scientist or mathematician. The amount of times I've thought I'd go back to university and do theoretical physics because I like the big questions, but really I know now that that's not quite me. What's me is to do it in novels.” KnowsWayBigsNovelAmountScientistUniversityPhysicsFrustratedMathematicianTheoreticalBig QuestionsTheoretical Physics Author:Scarlett Thomas
“It's not even a question of whether the universe is meaningful or meaningless. It's in what way could it be meaningful, or in what way, if it was meaningful, could that be even more meaningless than normal meaninglessness?” IfsWayUniverseNormalMeaningfulMeaninglessMeaninglessness Author:Scarlett Thomas
“You can't do science in a novel, but you can do philosophy. Or, if you're really lucky, you can manage to pose a question in such a way that other people will take it on.” PeopleIfsWayPhilosophyCan DoNovelLuckyManageLucky You Author:Scarlett Thomas
“But I quite like the way you can talk about science without necessarily using mathematics, but using metaphors instead.” WayMathematicsMetaphorUsing Me Book:The End Of Mr. Y Source: The End Of Mr. Y
