I've worked in the Inuit hamlets of the west coast of Hudson Bay since 1994. Over that time I've been very moved by both the pace of social change there - the loss of traditional ways of seeing the world,… — Kevin Patterson Copy Share Image
I work on quiet call nights in the hospital, on airplanes and on my sailboat when I have a bit of time - I… — Kevin Patterson Copy Share Image
The whole world loves a maverick and the whole world wants the maverick to achieve something nobler than simple rebellion. — Kevin Patterson Copy Share Image
“Languor is underrated. It is not possible to be immobile in modern society except by dint of constant effort. Holding on tightly to the riverbank and fighting the current is not languor. Nobody likes that. But bone-lazy idleness hours and hours spent staring at the sky and remembering books and birthdays and great kisses: this is a pure pleasure that… — Kevin Patterson Copy Share
I like a certain grandeur to a landscape, which both the Arctic and coastal BC have. I like it to be at all times… — Kevin Patterson Copy Share Image
“The idea of latency is worth thinking about. Biology rewards patience. Mycobacterium tuberculosis understands this. It estabishes its toeholds and then it becomes dormant.… — Kevin Patterson Copy Share Image
Because at bottom, I'm interested in fear, and in courage and cowardice and these are easier to get at through fiction, where you can… — Kevin Patterson Copy Share Image
Storms are sex. They exist alongside and are indifferent to words and description and dissection. — Kevin Patterson Copy Share Image
Mark Helprin and Lawrence Durrell, both of whom write fat and florid novels that appall me now but opened my eyes to the power… — Kevin Patterson Copy Share Image
I've worked in the Inuit hamlets of the west coast of Hudson Bay since 1994. Over that time I've been very moved by both… — Kevin Patterson Copy Share Image
