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"That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle and an end, with characters and a plot that sustain interest from the first sentence to the last. But that is not what I do at all."
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"In my beginning is my end."
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"The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'"
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"The scariest moment is always just before you start."
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"Everything started as nothing."
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"Everyone has to start somewhere. So get out there and start."
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"It is better to start small than to not start at all because you are waiting to be perfect with your skills. The truth is that you can never achieve perfection in life. Even the greatest man on earth is still incapable of doing so. The ultimate goal is to start now and grow as you go."
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"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from."
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"Isn't that the way everything begins? A night, a love, a once and for all."
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"A mansion begins with one brick. A forest begins with one tree. A harvest begins with one seed. An ocean begins with one drop. A friendship begins with one gesture. A fire begins with one spark. A revolution begins with one idea."
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"I like to not be too involved in the beginning and during the process so as to keep this fresh look and be able to give constructive recommendation on the final production."
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"No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking."
Writing
"I don't have any style."
Style
"I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread."
Writing
"I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by night, a little bit outside society, moving between delinquency and conformity."
Society
"That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle and an end, with characters and a plot that sustain interest from the first sentence to the last. But that is not what I do at all."
Beginning
"I think all writing is done through memory."
Memory
"I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was recognized only by his dog."
Home
"I am against the notion of style in itself."
Style
"I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth of this or that character does not matter to me."
Creativity
"For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page."
Literature
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