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" I like things that take you by the hand and say, 'You think you know about this - you think you understand it - but there's so much that you don't.' "

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" What makes 'The Handmaid's Tale' so terrifying is that everything that happens in it is plausible. "

" I think some people's brains have more of a natural bent towards God than others. "

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" I listen to terrible music when exercising. I mean, like, early Madonna, Boney M, the Fratellis, Shakira... I can't claim interesting musical taste. "

" More choice doesn't make us happy, and we understand that no one has infinite choices about how to live life. "

" The politics of fear are always the same. They are easily recognisable in retrospect. They are easy to acquiesce in at the time. "

" The gaming world isn't filled only with violence and depravity. In fact, it's mostly enchanting. "

" Personal trainers, however nice, give me PE teacher flashbacks. "

" I suppose the idea about all Orthodox religion is that it's a kind of submission, obedience. "

" 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 models. "

" The hilarity or brilliance of a forwarded link is inversely proportional to the number of people it's sent to. "

" It's very easy for a writer to spend much too much time in her head. "

" I am a geek, and proud of it. "

" I don't think I have any particular problem with God. "

" 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-belief to keep on writing. "

" I feel powerful when I'm onstage talking to an audience. I like communicating; it feels like my calling in the world. Knowing what you're meant to be doing with your life is pretty bloody powerful. "

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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, something will eventually go fizz! Boom! "

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