"I have observed that male writers tend to get asked what they think and women what they feel. In my..."

“I have observed that male writers tend to get asked what they think and women what they feel. In my experience, and that of a lot of other women writers, all of the questions coming at them from interviewers tend to be about how lucky they are to be where they are – about luck and identity and how the idea struck them. The interviews much more seldom engage with the woman as a serious thinker, a philosopher, as a person with preoccupations that are going to sustain them for their lifetime.”

- Eleanor Catton has been getting a lot of press for being the youngest author ever to win the Man Booker prize, but in The Guardian she claims that the new fame is a mixed blessing that often brings up sexism. (via millionsmillions)