Michael Ondaatje Quotes

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town.

Michael Ondaatje

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeTrustMeYouWantWill

When you explore a scene, the most important thing is who to cast.

Andy Garcia

YouImportantExploreCastWhoMost

The opposite of speculation is to be present to the world simply as it is.

Jeff Kober

WorldPresentOppositeSpeculation

I don't know for a fact, but I feel fairly certain that the first person who described a movie as 'character driven' had to have been a producer or studio executive.

Steve Erickson

CharacterFeelPersonKnowFirst

We're like everybody else. We hurt like everybody.

Rozonda Thomas

HurtLikeEverybodyEverybody Else

Follow me if I advance, kill me if I retreat, avenge me if I die.

Mary Matalin

MeDieFollowRetreatAdvance

There is nothing better than work. Work is also play; children know that. Children play earnestly as if it were work. But people grow up, and they work with a sorrow upon them. It's duty.

Mary Oliver

WorkChildrenPeopleGrowBetter

Honestly, I just have to do what's right for me, and what I would tell people is what I believe, which is that tolerance is very important.

Martina McBride

PeopleMeBelieveToleranceRight

I know it's not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside of tinned ravioli?

Douglas Coupland

FoodKnowInsideCatPutExactly

I don't take much pride in fake fighting.

Donald Cerrone

PrideFakeFightingTakeMuch

I find most men don't like a lot of makeup.

Chloe Sevigny

MenMakeupFindLikeMostLot

I had friends around campus and great teammates. I didn't want to leave. I didn't expect to be regarded and scouted as such a high pick, so it was a crazy twist to reality. I'd always wanted to make the NBA. It was my dream. Then all of a sudden, people were telling me I'd be the fourth pick if I entered the draft.

Chris Bosh

GreatPeopleMeCrazyRealityDream

We're all tired of a Washington that has these partisan camps where nothing gets done.

Cory Booker

TiredDoneWashingtonNothingWhere

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