Eden Robinson Quotes

I don't really get romance. Bring me fish or moose, not flowers.

Once your writing is out there, you can't control how other people perceive it. All you can do is stand in your truth.

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.

Autumn. Pretty leaves, pumpkin pie and sweaters. Perfect weather for reading. Winter is great but I hate shoveling.

I think we learn slowly as a group, but we learn. The ozone layer is still there.

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.

In general, Americans like to be entertained. Canadians seem more suspicious of it.

I don't know if I have a book in me, but I'm sure I have more essays.

I usually tame my off-kilter sense of humor for novels.

The world is fine. Our place on it is precarious.

Writing about your community is difficult for any writer.

Our ability to factory farm animals is coldly psychopathic.

I do get flak for the lack of romance in my stories.

I have carpal tunnel so I can't write more than four hours total without tingling numbness. I take a lot of breaks and do stretches.

I miss smoking (two to four packs a day) but I don't miss the crackle in my lungs when I breathed.

Canadians are fond of darker stories, serious stories, so if you're a Mystery writer or a Romance writer or Fantasy Writer, you will most likely have an American publisher and agent.

My family is filled with wonderful storytellers. I lack their gift of gab, so it's a relief to be able to write.

If I gave up writing, I'd have to find an equally obsessive way to fill my time. Yarn-bombing skyscrapers or making houses out of empty soda bottles.

I don't see the point of pretending we're clones.

We have good people. We have selfless people. We have great leaders.

The push and pull of representing your world responsibly and your artistic license is a tricky balance.

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 dysfunction.

I don't think anyone's normal.

Our ability to turn off empathy for specific kinds of humans and then use faulty logic to justify our beliefs is messily sociopathic.

We are apart so that I will know the joy of being with you again. Take care of yourself, wherever you are. Take care of yourself, wherever you are.