It's an odd state to be in, blowing the whistle on your home country.

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It's a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow.

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

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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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In the book the relationship with Katharine and Almasy is sort of only in the patient's mind.

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

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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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I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me.

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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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