You’re assuming that first of all you’ll finish the book, which is a big assumption, and then that somebody will publish it — even more optimistic — that somebody will read it — better still — and that they will like it — the very best thing of all — so it’s all based on optimism, isn’t it.
On the occasion of her 75th birthday, Margaret Atwood talks to Bustle about the optimism inherent in writing, her books being adapted to television, the Future Library Project, and, in typical Atwood fashion, coffins constructed from baked fungi.
