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Michael Ondaatje Quotes

Michael Ondaatje quotes

Canadian Author, Writer, Poet September 12, 1943

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Michael Ondaatje quote: "It's a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of..."
It's a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "I see the poem or the novel ending with an open door."
I see the poem or the novel ending with an open door. Michael Ondaatje
The trouble with words is that you can really talk yourself into a corner. You can't fuck yourself into a corner."That's a man talking," muttered Hana. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even..."
I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me. Michael Ondaatje
There is the hidden presence of others in us, even those we have known briefly. We contain them for the rest of our lives, at every border that we cross. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "We are expanded by tears, we are told, not reduced by them."
We are expanded by tears, we are told, not reduced by them. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "The word should be thinkering."
The word should be thinkering. Michael Ondaatje
Commissioner Harris at the far end stared along the mad pathway. This was his first child and it had already become a murderer. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "All I ever wanted was a world without maps."
All I ever wanted was a world without maps. Michael Ondaatje
We are full of anarchy. We take our clothes off because we shouldn't take our clothes off. And we behave worse in other countries. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "The trouble with all of us is we are where we shouldn't be."
The trouble with all of us is we are where we shouldn't be. Michael Ondaatje
He had been slowing down, the way one, half asleep, continually rereads the same paragraph trying to find a connection between sentences. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "Everything that ever happened to me that was important..."
Everything that ever happened to me that was important happened in the desert. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "those who had risked everything at a riverbend on a left turn..."
...those who had risked everything at a riverbend on a left turn and so discovered a fortune. Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje quote: "A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch."
A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch. Michael Ondaatje

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