Ruth Ozeki
Ruth Ozeki
Ruth Ozekiis an American-Canadian novelist, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. She worked in commercial television and media production for over a decade and made several independent films before turning to writing fiction...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 March 1956
CountryCanada
life inspiring fleeting
Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now!
opportunity life-and-death passing-away
Both life and death manifest in every moment of existence. Our human body appears and disappears moment by moment, without cease, and this ceaseless arising and passing away is what we experience as time and being. They are not separate. They are one thing, and in even a fraction of a second, we have the opportunity to choose, and to turn the course of our action either toward the attainment of truth or away from it. Each instant is utterly critical to the whole world.
bullying pain inspiration
No matter how much bullying they inflict on my body, as long as I have this hope, I can endure any pain.
unhappy important way
The important thing was that we were being polite and not saying all the things that were making us unhappy, which was the only way we knew how to love each other.
world wave form
A person is born form the deep conditions of the world. A person pokes up from the world and roll along like a wave. Until it's time to sink down again. Up, down. Person, wave.
understanding ancient length
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
stories seeds
Every seed has a story.
fallen fallen-leaves
For the time being Words scatter Are they fallen leaves?
life mean giving
..I am a time being. Do you know what a time being is? Well, if you give me a moment, I will tell you. A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be.
good-night stories life-is
She smiled. “Life is full of stories. Or maybe life is only stories. Good night, my dear Nao.
generosity infinite abandon
The wondrous thing about nature, her gift to us, is her wanton promiscuity. She reproduces herself with abandon, with teeming infinite generosity.
over-it
But in the time it takes to say now, now is already over. It's already then.
writing up-early irritation
When Im writing a novel, which is what I like to write, I get up early, sit zazen, make a pot of green tea. I wear wrist cuffs to keep my wrists warm and minimize irritation from extended contact with the surface of my desk. I sit down and write.
language conjuring form
language is magical - it's a form of conjuring. If you do it convincingly, readers will follow you.