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The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.

- Patrick deWitt
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The question about my Canadianness comes up a lot, and I'm never quite sure what to say about it. I've carved a life out for myself in Oregon, and it feels like home, not because it's the States but because that's where my friends are and where my son is.

Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tragic intent. I don't know what to say to this except that I disagree wholeheartedly.

I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever in a public place, I automatically find myself listening.

I'm not an enormous proponent of plot as a reader. It's about other things; my reading has become specialized over the years.

I've got a publicist at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt who's been working little miracles for me, but it's true the budgets aren't what they once were in terms of advertisement and book tours.

My interest in words and literature is always changing. And every day of work is different, and it doesn't feel laborious in the way that, say, washing dishes did. I'm quite happy to be doing what I'm doing, and I feel very lucky.

I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either.

The question of likability is a bit of a puzzler for me. You know, I don't write people with likability in mind. It's more whether or not I find them compelling.

I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.

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The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.

The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.

The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.

The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.

The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.

The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.

The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.

The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.

The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.

The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.

The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.

The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.

The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.

The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.

The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.