Michael Ondaatje

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town.

You want to suggest something new, but at the same time, resolve the drama of the action in the novel.

I don't see novels ending with any real sense of closure.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

Marriage can be work, it can be difficult, it can be hard, but I think working through those times makes you stronger as a couple and as a unit.

It's like, it's kind of like if you ever had a car and it was a bit of a clunker but you love it, that's my show. It's a bit of a clunker but I know where everything is and I like it.