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
bullied cool felt fit maybe
Maybe all teenagers feel like they don't fit in. I never felt like a cool kid. I remember being bullied for being Asian.
realise starting time
I think that all writing is in search of lost time. I'm starting to realise that very clearly.
writing character prejudice
When I start writing 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.
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.
understanding ancient length
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
fallen fallen-leaves
For the time being Words scatter Are they fallen leaves?
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.