Author: Miriam Toews

Quotes

In writing fiction, I can be free. I can use my life. The raw material is my experiences.

In writing fiction, I can be free. I can use my life. The raw material is my experiences.

- Miriam Toews

'Irma Voth' is my sixth book, but it's only the third time I've featured Mennonite settings and characters.

'Irma Voth' is my sixth book, but it's only the third time I've featured Mennonite settings and characters.

- Miriam Toews

You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others.

You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others.

- Miriam Toews

This is a cliche, but in fiction, I feel it is easier for me to get to some sort of truth, some kind of more honest writing.

This is a cliche, but in fiction, I feel it is easier for me to get to some sort of truth, some kind of more honest writing.

- Miriam Toews

The theme of sisters - of missing sisters, of needing sisters, the special love that sisters share or the antagonism sisters share - is something that is very close to me.

The theme of sisters - of missing sisters, of needing sisters, the special love that sisters share or the antagonism sisters share - is something that is very close to me.

- Miriam Toews

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