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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  A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch.

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  As a writer, one is busy with archaeology.

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

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  The past is still, for us, a place that is not safely settled.

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  The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here,

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