Michael Ondaatje
Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer
Lived from: 1943 -
Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: 
Canada
Born: 12 september 1943
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Death means you are in the third person.
De Engelse patient (2011) 263― Michael Ondaatje -
Every night I cut out my heart. But in the morning it was full again.
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I think precision in writing goes hand in hand with not trying to say everything. You try and say two-thirds, so the reader will involve himself or herself.
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In Canada pianos needed water. You opened up the back and left a full glass of water, and a month later the glass would be empty. Her father had told her about the dwarfs who drank only at pianos, never in bars.
De Engelse patient (2011) 67― Michael Ondaatje -
In the desert you celebrate nothing but water.
De Engelse patient (2011) 25― Michael Ondaatje -
It doubles your perception, to write from the point of view of someone you're not.
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Love is so small it can tear itself through the eye of a needle.
De Engelse patient (2011) 288― Michael Ondaatje -
Sadness is very close to hate.
De Engelse patient (2011) 45― Michael Ondaatje -
Sleep is a prison for a boy who has friends to meet.
The Cat's Table (2011) 25― Michael Ondaatje -
The trouble with all of us is we are where we shouldn't be.
De Engelse patient (2011) 129― Michael Ondaatje -
There always should be something hanging unfinished before a scene ends so that there's a reason for going to the next scene.
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What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power.
The Cat's Table (2011)― Michael Ondaatje -
When you're writing, it's as if you're within a kind of closed world.
― Michael Ondaatje
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