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.
More Quotes by Michael Ondaatje
I don't see novels ending with any real sense of closure.
It's an odd state to be in, blowing the whistle on your home country.
It doubles your perception, to write from the point of view of someone you're not.
Truth, at the wrong time, can be dangerous.
The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat.
The past is still, for us, a place that is not safely settled.