That's Anil's path. She grows up in Sri Lanka, goes and gets educated abroad, and through fate or chance gets brought back by the Human Rights Commission to investigate war crimes.Michael Ondaatje
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The past is still, for us, a place that is not safely settled.
Michael Ondaatje
Right now, I have no idea what I will write or if I will write again.
Michael Ondaatje
I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me.
Michael Ondaatje
Truth, at the wrong time, can be dangerous.
Michael Ondaatje
It's why you create characters: so you can argue with yourself.
Michael Ondaatje
You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else.
Michael Ondaatje
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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