Ruth Ozeki

The relationship between reader and writer is reciprocal in a way. We co-create each other. We are constantly emerging out of the relationship we have with others.

Canada has always been a great place for literature. It's strong and growing stronger, and there will always be reading, and there will always be great writers.

It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a ream of paper from Staples for $4.

I have no social agenda with my work. I'm deadpan about it.

The irony is that you can't use real rain to make movies.

As 'Possession' progresses, it seems less and less like the usual satire about academia and more like something by Jorge Luis Borges.