"I see the poem or the novel ending with an open door."

Ambiguity, Ending, Open

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"I see the poem or the novel ending with an open door."

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"The use of the polygraph has done little more than create confusion, ambiguity and mistakes."

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"The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood."

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"In sum, every pore of his being oozed one thing okay, FINE. Every pore oozed two things. The first was irrelevant. The second was dangerous."

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"Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be."

Roger von Oech, American Author

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"As if violence could make light. Maybe violence could make light."

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"A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch."

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

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"It doubles your perception, to write from the point of view of someone you're not."

Perception

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

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"Research can be a big clunker. It's difficult to know how you can make the historical light."

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"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."

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"Truth, at the wrong time, can be dangerous."

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"The past is still, for us, a place that is not safely settled."

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"You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else."

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