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“It's a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow.”
 
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Name:   Michael Ondaatje
 
Nationality:   Canadian
 
Date of Birth:   Sep 12, 1943
 
Profession:   Author
 
 
 
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In the book the relationship with Katharine and Almasy is sort of only in the patient's mind.
 
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Right now, I have no idea what I will write or if I will write again.
 
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I don't have a plan for a story when I sit down to write. I would get quite bored carrying it out.
 
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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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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.
 
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