I'm intrigued by the classic Greek tragedies, as well as by the idea of the Greek chorus.

Being a mixed-blood person of Ojibway and European ancestry, I always found that I only heard one side of the story - that was the conquerers' side, the side of the French Jesuit missionaries that came to live in what is now Ontario.

I'm a writer. I should be allowed to speak about my writing at times. And I'm really excited to speak about that. There's nothing I am shameful of or anything else in my novels. They are my children and I'm happy to speak about my children.

Canada and America are very, very different. It's true that we share a language and many customs. But Americans have a very different view of the world.

I'm fascinated by the magic realism used by many writers. I think it goes hand-in-hand with the Indian experience. It's a very different way of viewing the world.

From a craft standpoint, telling a story in the first-person present tense over the course of 500 pages is a daunting challenge.

Sometimes, it's not getting what we want that offers us the most important Lessons