"One of the things that happens in novels……" — Michael Ondaatje
"One of the things that happens in novels it's almost like a continual debate with yourself. That's why you're writing the book. It's why you create characters: so you can argue with yourself."
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149 Quotes by Michael Ondaatje
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Half a page--and the morning is already ancient.
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I see the poem or the novel ending with an open door.
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Most of the time in our world, truth is just opinion.
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You must talk to me, Caravaggio. Or am I just a book? Something to be read, some creature to be…
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It's why you create characters: so you can argue with yourself.
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