During World War I the Canadians were the shock troops. In many historical cases, Canadians have been very proficient at killing, and doing what we have to in order to survive. But no one wants to acknowledge that fact. — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
Being a mixed-blood person of Ojibway and European ancestry, I always found that I only heard one side of the story - that was… — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
I believe truly that Canada is a living history and we're going through some of the most important time in this country's short 150 years. — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
I'm a writer. I should be allowed to speak about my writing at times. And I'm really excited to speak about that. There's nothing… — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
Sometimes, it's not getting what we want that offers us the most important Lessons — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
There’s something sexy in cooking for a man who likes my food. Am I growing up? — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
When I die, nieces, I want to be cremated, my ashes taken up in a bush plane and sprinkled onto the people in town… — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by the magic realism used by many writers. I think it goes hand-in-hand with the Indian experience. It's a very different way… — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
America seems to celebrate its more violent past, but Canada doesn't like to recognize those things. The willingness to accept the existence of violence… — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
“I thought of my mother late that night, after leaving Dorothy, as I followed the moon's path back home across the Moose River. My mother, maybe she was in that moon's light. I didn't know any more, but when I was younger, Iuse to imagine that she was. I'd talk to the moon some nights, and I knew my mother… — Joseph Boyden Copy Share
From a craft standpoint, telling a story in the first-person present tense over the course of 500 pages is a daunting challenge. — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
I'm intrigued by the classic Greek tragedies, as well as by the idea of the Greek chorus. — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
“Lots of times growing up, I’d just try to do something myself because I believed that being a boy, and being Indian, I should just know how to do things." -Will Bird, Through Black Spruce” — Joseph Boyden Copy Share
