Author: Michael Ondaatje

Quotes

You're getting everyone's point of view at the same time, which, for me, is the perfect state for a novel: a cubist state, the cubist novel.

You're getting everyone's point of view at the same time, which, for me, is the perfect state for a novel: a cubist state, the cubist novel.

- Michael Ondaatje

I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries.

I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries.

- Michael Ondaatje

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.

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

That's Anil's path. She grows up in Sri Lanka, goes and gets educated abroad, and through fate or chance gets brought back by the Human Rights Commission to investigate war crimes.

That's Anil's path. She grows up in Sri Lanka, goes and gets educated abroad, and through fate or chance gets brought back by the Human Rights Commission to investigate war crimes.

- Michael Ondaatje

Truth, at the wrong time, can be dangerous.

Truth, at the wrong time, can be dangerous.

- Michael Ondaatje

The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat.

The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat.

- Michael Ondaatje

It's an odd state to be in, blowing the whistle on your home country.

It's an odd state to be in, blowing the whistle on your home country.

- Michael Ondaatje

You want to suggest something new, but at the same time, resolve the drama of the action in the novel.

You want to suggest something new, but at the same time, resolve the drama of the action in the novel.

- Michael Ondaatje

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