"My family is filled with wonderful storytellers. I lack their gift of gab, so it's a relief to be able to write."

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Source : "The Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eden Robinson". Interview With Helga Schimkat, therumpus.net. September 24, 2016.

Eden Robinson

#Writing Quotes #Relief Quotes #Able Quotes

“Nature is a totally efficient, self-regenerati ng system. IF we discover the laws that govern this system and live synergistically within them, sustainability will follow and humankind will be a success.”
“Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.”
“I have a very big family and a lot of friends, and buying presents is one of my favorite things to do.”
“Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated, not by a single explosive burst of energy or effort, but by the constant daily application of the best you have within you.”
“I'm for all the actor's struggle, the self-indulgent, painful journey, but I would rather have fun.”
“I do get scared of the dentist, so a drive-through dentist might make me feel more at home. If I got to stay in my car.”
“If you have not seen it, FOOTBALL is a game in which men shove one another back and forth for no reason. They do not choose how, when, or whom they shove. They are doing this in order to please one angry old man on the sidelines. This old man is called the 'coach' or 'yelling surrogate' dad who will never be happy.”
“I say a few good things about Canada in the book, you know. Americans are weird, though. We refuse to look at other countries. Start with Canadians - I want to think you aren't that different, so why can't we do our incarceration policies more like Canada? If we still had a 1970 level of incarceration which was the same as Canada's then and now, I never would have written this.”

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