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Michael Ondaatje Quotes

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

Michael Ondaatje

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: canadian
Birth: September 12, 1943

Topics

Perception View Someone You Write

People ask me all the time, 'Why did I move home?' As well as I can articulate it, that's why. I moved home because I love the community that I come from.

Love Home Community Time People Me

We lived in one of those half-basement apartments, and on our first night of being in America, someone reached through the grate that protects the window and stole our laundry detergent - which wasn't a big deal, but it felt symbolic when I heard about it later as an adult.

Window Night America Someone Laundry

I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.

Maynard James Keenan

Music Think Everything Big I Think

In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed the documents to the next government, and I never heard about it again.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Truth Justice Government Back Never

Paul Rudd is ripped.

Michael Douglas

American politics is theatre. There is a frightening emotionalism at national conventions.

Politics Theatre American National

Unfortunately, opponents of online speech have decided to punish our changing technological world.

World Speech Technological Changing

When I watch a movie that I've been in, I'm watching it, but I usually remember what I was doing at that time, what was going on in my life.

Life Time My Life Doing Remember

I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because it's my nature to be such a perfectionist - that anything falling short, I would have seen as a failure. But something has happened to me over the past few years - it's not Zen, believe me, I'm not at all Zen - but I'm so appreciative of even the chaos.

Nature Failure Past Parents Chaos

I love playing. The keyboard is my journal.

Pharrell Williams

Love Journal Playing Keyboard I Love

However spontaneous I hope a photograph will look, I always put a lot of thought into how I can make it happen. The very best pictures are the most relaxed, so a lot of fussing around technically can completely break the spell, and everyone freezes up with nerves.

Hope Best Make It Happen Thought

The problem with most digital comics is that you're simply taking print material and adapting it. It's like reading through a cardboard tube.

Reading Problem You Digital Through

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