A Quote by Michael Ondaatje

I often need a limited space. It's like having a house to roam around in and reinvent and have things to happen in, kind of like a French farce. Doors opening, doors closing, new people arriving, and disappearing, and so forth.

Michael Ondaatje

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Around Arriving Closing Disappearing Doors Farce Forth French Happen Having House Kind Like Limited Need New New People Often Opening People Reinvent Roam Space Things

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Michael Ondaatje
Canadian - Novelist
Born: September 12, 1943

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