Made Up of Scenes

“I think that all books, like film, are made up of scenes. Then you have to kind of meld them together in some way that builds the characters as you go along. I tend to kind of focus on character. I’m interested in two or three characters and how they kind of grow while I’m writing and then how they interact and that creates a story.”

--Michael Ondaatje, Barnes & Noble's Meet the Writers interview