I've never in my life categorized a year of my life as good or bad. I just think I'm living a good life, warts and all. Michael Winter badcategorizegood Change image and share on social
There are scenes from books I'm happy with. I tend to think my books are all broken. But then my favourite reads are almost always books that don't, in the end, pull off what they set out to do. Michael Winter bookbreakend Change image and share on social
Hockey wasn't invented but discovered. The game, and the large organizing idea behind Stephen Smith's deeply personal 'Puckstruck,' sleeps in ponds and in the crooked limbs of trees overhead; we merely pluck a stick from the sky and skate over the frozen world to find ourselves and each other. Michael Winter crookdeeplydiscover share on social
The fantastic thing about the memorial to the Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont-Hamel is that it's one of the rare examples where they've preserved a battlefield more or less as it was. You can see all the trenches, where the British were, where the Germans lined up. Michael Winter battlefieldbeaumontbritish share on social
I've grown up, luckily, with only a distant relationship to war and soldiering. Michael Winter distantgrowhave Change image and share on social
If you look at footage of the Newfoundland Regiment, you see they are at rest and giddy and being silly with one another. Silliness is the antidote to trench warfare. Michael Winter antidotefootagegiddy Change image and share on social
A few years ago, I was trying to buy a piece of land next to a house I had in Newfoundland. I discovered that the plot had been owned by a family, and the son had gone off to World War I and been killed. It began to interest me: What would have happened on that land if the son had lived, had brought up his own family there? Michael Winter agobeginbring share on social
If you are having trouble with a story, it may not be an issue with the quality of the writing - there may just be too much of it. Michael Winter issuequalitystory Change image and share on social
I didn't like filtering the story through me, saying, 'Reader, you'll be safe with me. While it gets a little dangerous, it'll be okay because, after all, you're with me, because I'm a warm convivial voice. But let's be entertained by this horrible stuff.' I didn't like that. Michael Winter convivialdangerousentertain share on social
Through an arbitrary problem, I had arrived at a tenet of good writing: brevity wins. Michael Winter arbitraryarrivebrevity Change image and share on social