At this age? A batty old lady wandering around talking to herself? But I do that anyway. Oh, you mean what would I have been. Maybe a botanist. If so, I’d be genetically engineering drought-resistant crops right now. Either that, or sentient fungi. (I know, I know, Mr. Sheldrake: they’re already sentient. So, more sentient.)
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Margaret Atwood
Novelist, poet and critic
Canada
Arts and letters
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That human beings will follow their stupid and greedy side, rather than their smart side, and go down the plughole. We’re circling the rim.
Getting too involved in too many things. It eats your brain.
Lazy, anxious, and distracted.
I’d stop saying yes to inessential requests.
A canoe, mixed sun and cloud, no deadlines in sight.
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