The truth is, none of us is OK, not really. The best, most dear, most thoughtful and engaged and open and feminist men in my life have occasionally come out with some statement that's made me gasp. Then again, so have almost all the women.
More Quotes by Naomi Alderman
The politics of fear are always the same. They are easily recognisable in retrospect. They are easy to acquiesce in at the time.
You learn the most from sitting down and doing the work, regularly, patiently, sometimes in hope, sometimes despairingly.
I find it particularly irritating, if I go to a games conference to speak about my work, that often it's presumed that I'm the marketing girl - that's annoying.
The gaming world isn't filled only with violence and depravity. In fact, it's mostly enchanting.
The thing about having true fans, it seems, is that they remain loyal to their idea of what the work meant to them. And that might make them more exacting than the toughest studio executive or publishing boss.
I get migraines. I've had them all my life; so has my dad. So did his grandmother, although back then they called them 'sick headaches.'