It was really a means-of-production problem. It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a ream of paper from Staples for $4.
Ruth OzekiI think that if we don't learn to inhabit other people's perspectives, then we're never going to understand why people do what they do.
Ruth Ozekilanguage is magical - it's a form of conjuring. If you do it convincingly, readers will follow you.
Ruth OzekiThe past is weird. I mean, does it really exist ? It feels like it exists, but where is it ? And if it did exists, but doesnโt now, then where did it go ?
Ruth OzekiShe sat back on her heels and nodded. The thought experiment she proposed was certainly odd, but her point was simple. Everything in the universe was constantly changing, and nothing stays the same, and we must understand how quickly time flows by if we are to wake up and truly live our lives. Thatโs what it means to be a time being, old Jiko told me, and then she snapped her crooked fingers again. And just like that, you die.
Ruth Ozeki