Feel Quotes
Categories
Authors
Professions
Nationalities
About
Author Index:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Michael Ondaatje
Canadian
September 12, 1943
Author
It's a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow.
Michael Ondaatje
Tags:
Get
Out
Story
Research can be a big clunker. It's difficult to know how you can make the historical light.
Michael Ondaatje
Tags:
You
Know
Make
I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries.
Michael Ondaatje
Tags:
Home
Always
Want
The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat.
Michael Ondaatje
Tags:
History
Like
More
Once I've discovered the story, I might restructure it, maybe move things around, set up a clue that something is going to happen later, but that happens much later in an editorial capacity.
Michael Ondaatje
Tags:
Up
Things
Going
