You can't go wrong with major life and death stories when it comes to a competition, so I thought I'd have a go at writing one. Michael Winter competitiondeathlife Change image and 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
The greatness of being an artist is the kind of ridiculous guffaw you can have at one's own misery. 'That was miserable! Now how can I write about it?' Michael Winter artistgreatnessguffaw 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
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
I've grown up, luckily, with only a distant relationship to war and soldiering. Michael Winter distantgrowhave Change image and share on social
Before Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949, there was the same sort of talk of young men sacrificing their lives so that a country might grow - that somehow it had been a great nation-building success for Newfoundland. Michael Winter buildcanadacountry 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
Linda Svendsen's 'Marine Life' was important. I was nearly 22. Larry Mathews discussed the book in a creative writing class. We examined her stories, figured out how they worked. Michael Winter bookclasscreative Change image and share on social
I plan to live to be 98, so I'll be the guy at Dundas and Yonge flogging a box of mouldy novels. Michael Winter boxdundasflog Change image and share on social
