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"Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity."
"It was easier to deal with Tennyson when he was fighting me; but having him on my side was frightening, because now I didn't know who the enemy was."
"Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be."
"If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious."
"It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth."
"The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood."
Explore more quotes by 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."
"It's a discovery of a story when I write a book, a case of inching ahead on each page and discovering what's beyond in the darkness, beyond where you're writing."
"You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else."
"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."
"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."
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