As a writer, one is busy with archaeology.
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Once I've discovered the story, I might restructure it, maybe move things around, set up a clue that something is going to happen later, but that happens much later in an editorial capacity.Michael Ondaatje
The past is still, for us, a place that is not safely settled.
Michael Ondaatje
Research can be a big clunker. It's difficult to know how you can make the historical light.
Michael Ondaatje
When you're writing, it's as if you're within a kind of closed world.
Michael Ondaatje
It doubles your perception, to write from the point of view of someone you're not.
Michael Ondaatje
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