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Words are much better at relating emotions and thoughts.

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I like using animals because they help suspend my reader's disbelief. We have certain ideas about dentists. We don't have many ideas about rhinoceros dentists.

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The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story.

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Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.

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In all big cities the style of life is the same. Same endless array of restaurants; same big museums with the usual suspects; same anonymity, which can be thrilling when you're young but which I found got tiresome.

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A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality.

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I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds.

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A movie is so visually powerful, so overwhelming, that it tends to crowd out how you might have imagined things.

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Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.

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The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Author

Born: June 25th, 1963

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