Michael Ondaatje Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me.”

“In the book the relationship with Katharine and Almasy is sort of only in the patient's mind.”

“It doubles your perception, to write from the point of view of someone you're not.”

“It's an odd state to be in, blowing the whistle on your home country.”

“Right now, I have no idea what I will write or if I will write again.”

“The past is still, for us, a place that is not safely settled.”

“You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else.”

“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.”

“When you're writing, it's as if you're within a kind of closed world.”

“It's a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow.”