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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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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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When you're writing, it's as if you're within a kind of closed world.

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You're getting everyone's point of view at the same time, which, for me, is the perfect state for a novel: a cubist state, the cubist novel.

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It's why you create characters: so you can argue with yourself.

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Right now, I have no idea what I will write or if I will write again.

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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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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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It's a discovery of a story when I write a book, a case of inching ahead on each page and discovering what's beyond in the darkness, beyond where you're writing.

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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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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Author

Born: September 12th, 1943

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