- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in Waterloo, the Governor General's Award wasn't something I even thought to wish for.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
To map the Governor General's Award is to map both the past and the future of Canadian literature, and to be nominated for my first book is wonderful.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ezekiel Boone's books, starting with 'The Hatching' series, are meant to be big, sprawling, smart, entertaining books that are fun above all else; the literary novels written under my real name, Alexi Zentner, are certainly a little more quiet.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm absolutely terrified of spiders.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up reading thrillers, science fiction, fantasy - you name it - and one day I asked myself if there was a reason why a fear of spiders was so common. Was there something buried deep in our evolutionary history that made being scared of spiders a survival instinct?
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of my oldest friends has a cottage on Smoke Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park, and it's one of my favorite places in the world.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love teaching creative writing, and I think I'm good at it, but in a different life, I could have been teaching elementary school.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's very little that's comparable to seeing the spark in a student's face when she gets something that she's been struggling with.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started writing 'The Lobster Kings' the day after I sold my first novel, 'Touch.'
- Kings
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- Nov 07, 2020
For 'The Lobster Kings,' I listened to a lot of Johnny Cash. And it makes its way into the book.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I think of a reader while I am writing, the only reader who really matters for me is my wife. It's most important to me that she likes what I write.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My wife has been incredibly supportive of me as a writer. Trying really hard to make sure I get the space and time I need to work as a writer and being willing to make some of the sacrifices that you have to make to live the life of an artist.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think so much of young adult literature sort of gets ghettoized - the title 'young adult' makes people immediately discount it. And just like with books that get written for adults, there is plenty of young adult literature that is bad. But there is also plenty of young adult literature that is brilliant.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get very tired of books that feel emotionally empty. I would much rather have writers err on the side of being overly sentimental than not. I think that the perfect balance is a story that moves you without being maudlin, but I don't enjoy books that are empty of emotion and there's no connection to the characters.
- Come
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no simple answer for what it means to be Canadian. There are a thousand answers that come together. But part of that is that there is a national mythology.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that art elevates humanity. I feel incredibly privileged to be part of that.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had not expected to ever be in a position to able to say, 'Hey, see the magazine with J. Lo on the cover? They reviewed my book inside.'
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you take a cold, blunt view of most religions, and you sort of say, 'Well, here's the basis for it,' most of them sound crazy. It's the belief that makes them real. I was interested in that question: When does a belief become a myth? When does something you believe in become just a story?
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
As much as I love my daughters, I wasn't happy with only being a stay-at-home-dad, and my wife encouraged me to try, to really try, at being a writer. More than anything, I didn't want to let her down.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've said many times that there only two things to write about: love and death. And when you have children, you remember that the world is full of sharp corners and dangerous things, and suddenly you have these small, soft creatures, which you love in almost painful way.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My daughters are both funny and smart and lots of fun. They play lacrosse, soccer, musical instruments, like to cook with me, and are naturals in the swimming pool. Honestly, though, what I like doing most with them is eating. I've worked really hard to make sure they are willing to try all sorts of different foods.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
While Shakespeare wasn't the first voice in the room, in North America and Europe, he's one of the loudest voices.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020