Dad and Mom were frustrated artists - Dad wanted to study engineering or architecture and Mom wanted to be an actress - but the world was a different place when they were young so Dad became a public works foreman and Mom became a stay-at-home mom. When I said I wanted to be a writer, they were thrilled. They did everything in their power to support me.
I was born on the same day as Edgar Allan Poe and Dolly Parton: January 19. I am absolutely certain that this affects my writing in some way. - Eden Robinson
I was born on the same day as Edgar Allan Poe and Dolly Parton: January 19. I am absolutely certain that this affects my writing in some way.
- Eden Robinson
In general, I'm careful when I'm dealing with subjects of deep cultural importance and write with abandon when I'm dealing with issues of personal dy… - Eden Robinson
In general, I'm careful when I'm dealing with subjects of deep cultural importance and write with abandon when I'm dealing with issues of personal dy…
I find myself moved by social justice issues. I'm not sure where that will lead me. I'm willing to nurture it. - Eden Robinson
I find myself moved by social justice issues. I'm not sure where that will lead me. I'm willing to nurture it.
We can be the new brand of self-extincting dinosaurs or we can evolve. - Eden Robinson
We can be the new brand of self-extincting dinosaurs or we can evolve.
Autumn. Pretty leaves, pumpkin pie and sweaters. Perfect weather for reading. Winter is great but I hate shoveling. - Eden Robinson
Autumn. Pretty leaves, pumpkin pie and sweaters. Perfect weather for reading. Winter is great but I hate shoveling.
I've had people who see all my characters as Native, even if they aren't. It's kind of like assuming all a writer's characters are really female beca… - Eden Robinson
I've had people who see all my characters as Native, even if they aren't. It's kind of like assuming all a writer's characters are really female beca…
I don't really get romance. Bring me fish or moose, not flowers. - Eden Robinson
I don't really get romance. Bring me fish or moose, not flowers.
The world is fine. Our place on it is precarious. - Eden Robinson
The world is fine. Our place on it is precarious.
Our ability to turn off empathy for specific kinds of humans and then use faulty logic to justify our beliefs is messily sociopathic. - Eden Robinson
Our ability to turn off empathy for specific kinds of humans and then use faulty logic to justify our beliefs is messily sociopathic.
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