Who said "A metaphor is only a metaphor until it becomes real."?

This quote is attributed to Margaret Atwood.

A metaphor is only a metaphor until it becomes real. - Margaret Atwood

"A metaphor is only a metaphor until it becomes real."

Margaret Atwood Literature

Novelist Poet Canadian Born 1939 (age 87)

"A word after a word after a word is power."

"If you're not falling, you're not skiing."

"Wanting to be Liked is a good motive, but Liking Itself is a better one."

"There is no such thing as a little freedom."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."