People have always heard voices. Sometimes they're called shamans, sometimes they're called mad, and sometimes they're called fiction writers. I always feel lucky that I live in a culture where fiction writing is legal and not seen as pathology. Ruth Ozeki callculturefeel share on social
When I'm writing a novel, I'm usually just trying to write about things that are interesting to me. Ruth Ozeki interestthingwrite Change image and share on social
For a writer, you definitely do not want to be in the mainstream. You want to be on the edge because that's where the vantage point is. That's where you can see. Ruth Ozeki edgemainstreampoint Change image and share on social
What's fascinating to me is the way that multiple stories go into creating any world - a fictional world, but certainly the world that we live in as well. Of course, I cannot control that world. I can just control the fictional world. Ruth Ozeki controlcreatefascinate share on social
When I start writing these novels, I go into them with a spirit of inquiry rather than to substantiate prejudices I had in the beginning. If you don't do that, you can't write good characters. Ruth Ozeki begincharactergood Change image and share on social
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. Ruth Ozeki constantlycreateemerge Change image and share on social
Fiction is an elemental force, which has the power to shape reality in its own image - or images, I should say - because reality, like light, exists not only as a single point or particle, but also as an array of possibilities. Ruth Ozeki arrayelementalexist share on social
For me, writing is a way of thinking. I write in a journal a lot. I'm a very impatient person, so writing and meditation allow me to slow down and watch my mind; they are containers that keep me in place, hold me still. Ruth Ozeki containerholdimpatient share on social
I am really interested in the way we relate to time. In particular, the way readers and writers talk to each other. Casting your voice out into the future is very beautiful to me. Ruth Ozeki beautifulcastfuture Change image and share on social
Maybe all teenagers feel like they don't fit in. I never felt like a cool kid. I remember being bullied for being Asian. Ruth Ozeki asianbullycool Change image and share on social