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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 28 quotes by Ruth Ozeki Ruth Ozeki Ruth Ozeki signing books at Hotel la Rose in Santa Rosa, March 21, 2013. Born (1956-03-12) March 12, 1956 (age 58) New Haven, Connecticut Occupation Novelist, filmmaker Nationality American and Canadian Website www.ruthozeki.com Ruth Ozeki (born March 12, 1956) is a Canadian-American novelist, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. She worked in commercial television and media production for over a decade and made several independent... Read full biography of Ruth Ozeki → 1 2 3 Ctrl → The relationship between reader and writer is reciprocal in a way. We co-create each other. We are constantly emerging out of the relationship we... → 0 For a writer, you definitely do not want to be in the mainstream. You want to be on the edge because that's where the vantage point is.... → 0 My mind is like a gyre, and odd juxtapositions happen. 0 For me, writing is a way of thinking. I write in a journal a lot. I'm a very impatient person, so writing and meditation allow me to slow down... → 0 I did documentary film for a long time, and I spent a lot of time behind the camera, fervently wishing that the reality I was filming would conform... → 0 I live in a beautiful part of British Columbia, and I run through the rainforest. I do have to look over my shoulder to check for a cougar or a wolf... → 0 Inspiration comes from everything from the entire world, and it's hard to pinpoint one thing. I can trace one inspiration to the writing of... → 0 When I'm writing a novel, which is what I like to write, I get up early, sit zazen, make a pot of green tea. I wear wrist cuffs to keep my wrists... → 0 Fiction is an elemental force, which has the power to shape reality in its own image - or images, I should say - because reality, like light, exists... → 0 Any independent bookstore that has managed to survive is the best place to do a reading. 0 I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to write them convincingly. 0 I think that all writing is in search of lost time. I'm starting to realise that very clearly. 0 It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a ream of paper from Staples for $4. 0 1 2 3 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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