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• Ruth Ozeki:

  There's something about Vonnegut's deadpan irony that I really like. And I like Borges' puzzle stru

• Ruth Ozeki:

  I live in a beautiful part of British Columbia, and I run through the rainforest. I do have to look

• Ruth Ozeki:

  Canada has always been a great place for literature. It's strong and growing stronger, and there wi

• Ruth Ozeki:

  I've always played that edge of fact and fiction. I used to be a filmmaker, and certainly in film t

• Ruth Ozeki:

  I did documentary film for a long time, and I spent a lot of time behind the camera, fervently wish

• Ruth Ozeki:

  When I write fiction, I have the illusion of being able to control these fictional worlds and these

• Ruth Ozeki:

  It makes me nuts, the idea that if you put a political struggle at the heart of your book, then it

• Ruth Ozeki:

  I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to write

• Ruth Ozeki:

  It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a ream of paper from

• Ruth Ozeki:

  Even though I was making documentaries, my films had fictional elements to them. I think I like blu