Ignore all advice about writing. Leave your blood on every page. Every page! Miriam Toews advicebloodignore Change image and share on social
In writing fiction, I can be free. I can use my life. The raw material is my experiences. Miriam Toews experiencefictionfree Change image and share on social
The theme of sisters - of missing sisters, of needing sisters, the special love that sisters share or the antagonism sisters share - is something that is very close to me. Miriam Toews antagonismcloselove Change image and share on social
I stare out the window and reflect on the similarity between writing and saving a life and the inevitable failure of one's imagination and one's goals and ambitions to create a character or a life worth saving. Miriam Toews ambitioncharactercreate share on social
There are people who are just suicidal, regardless. They are built to self-destruct. It seems, in my family, like a virus that's resistant to any kind of help or care or medication. Miriam Toews buildcaredestruct Change image and share on social
'Cue for Treason,' by Geoffrey Trease, radicalized my young girl brain and made me want to be a gender-bending, sonnet-writing anarchist. It really made something roar to life inside of me. Miriam Toews anarchistbendbrain Change image and share on social
The writing life is one long, never-ending search for narrative. Well, it's not even a conscious searching. It happens even while you're busy buying groceries and when you're fast asleep. It's a curse. Miriam Toews asleepbusybuy share on social
I don't even know what 'successful' means. We're all failures. Look at the world. We're all complicit. Miriam Toews complicitfailuremean Change image and share on social
You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others. Miriam Toews backgroundcompassiongenuine Change image and share on social
Like every Canadian, I have been taught that one of the most important functions of art is to supply and elaborate the myths and narratives of nationhood. Miriam Toews artcanadianelaborate Change image and share on social