Quotes by Joseph Boyden

Joseph Boyden

America seems to celebrate its more violent past, but Canada doesn’t like to recognize those things. The willingness to accept the existence of violence separates our two countries.

Country

Past

Two

As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work.

Fiction

Needs

Stories

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.

Blood

Ontario

Stories

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.

America

Different

Views

Compared to Americans, Canadians are often more gentle in their approach to things. They’re much more apologetic. There’s less room for conflict.

Apologetic

Conflict

Rooms

During World War I the Canadians were the shock troops. In many historical cases, Canadians have been very proficient at killing, and doing what we have to in order to survive. But no one wants to acknowledge that fact.

Historical

Order

War

Fascinating, often hilarious, always devastatingly truthful, The Inconvenient Indian is destined to become a classic of historical narrative. For those who wish to better understand Native peoples, it is a must read. For those who don’t wish to understand, it is even more so.

Historical

Narrative

Wish

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

Challenges

Crafts

Stories

I believe truly that Canada is a living history and we’re going through some of the most important time in this country’s short 150 years.

Believe

I Believe

Important

I never want to play down to the reader. I think readers are willing to go along if they’re intrigued.

Play

Thinking

Want

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America

Apologetic

Believe

Blood

Challenges

Children

Civilization

Conflict

Country

Crafts

Different

Dream

Earth

Enemy

Fiction

Fighting

Fire

Focus

Greek

Growing Up

Hands

Hate

Historical

I Believe

Ideas

Important

Lessons

Magic Realism

Masters

Men

Narrative

Needs

Niece

Ontario

Order

Past

People

Play

Powerful

Reality

Rooms

Servant

Sexy

Shadow

Speak

Spring

Stories

Survival

Taken

Talking

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Quotes by Joseph Boyden

Joseph Boyden

America seems to celebrate its more violent past, but Canada doesn’t like to recognize those things. The willingness to accept the existence of violence separates our two countries.

As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work.

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.

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.

Compared to Americans, Canadians are often more gentle in their approach to things. They’re much more apologetic. There’s less room for conflict.

During World War I the Canadians were the shock troops. In many historical cases, Canadians have been very proficient at killing, and doing what we have to in order to survive. But no one wants to acknowledge that fact.

Fascinating, often hilarious, always devastatingly truthful, The Inconvenient Indian is destined to become a classic of historical narrative. For those who wish to better understand Native peoples, it is a must read. For those who don’t wish to understand, it is even more so.

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

I believe truly that Canada is a living history and we’re going through some of the most important time in this country’s short 150 years.

I never want to play down to the reader. I think readers are willing to go along if they’re intrigued.

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