I didn't like filtering the story through me, saying, 'Reader, you'll be safe with me. While it gets a little dangerous, it'll be okay because, after all, you're with me, because I'm a warm convivial voice. But let's be entertained… — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
We found letters at the house we bought from a sailor to his wife who lived in the house. He went down to the… — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
How does the past ambush us? How can we be accurate about what happened, how can we be true to it? And can war… — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
If I didn't write sex scenes, all my characters would head to the kitchen and make cups of tea. — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
I've never in my life categorized a year of my life as good or bad. I just think I'm living a good life, warts… — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
I've grown up, luckily, with only a distant relationship to war and soldiering. — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
I didn't like filtering the story through me, saying, 'Reader, you'll be safe with me. While it gets a little dangerous, it'll be okay… — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
When you join the army, you are asked to lay down your life for your country. That is a tremendous oath to take. In… — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
If you are having trouble with a story, it may not be an issue with the quality of the writing - there may just… — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
I approached writing a story for the CBC Literary Awards as a mercenary venture - $5,000 for one story, not bad. Now, how do… — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
The truth is, everybody falls into an incinerator of some measure or other. Not literally one. The question is what are you going to… — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
The fantastic thing about the memorial to the Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont-Hamel is that it's one of the rare examples where they've preserved a… — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
