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Ruth Ozeki (born March 12, 1956) is an American novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest. Known for works including My Year of Meats (1998), A Tale for the Time Being (2013), and The Book of Form and Emptiness (2021), her novels blend Japanese cultural elements with contemporary American themes. A Tale for the Time Being was nominated for the Man Booker Prize. She combines her practice of Zen Buddhism with her literary and film work.

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“Writing a book is a way of thinking to me, the only way of thinking that I have found successful.”

Thinking Way Writing Book Found Successful Way Of Thinking Writing A Book

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“The relationship between reader and writer is reciprocal in a way. We co-create each other. We are constantly emerging out of the relationship we have with others.”

Way Reader Emerging Reciprocal

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“Do all kids have to worry about their parents’ mental health? The way society is set up, parents are supposed to be the grown-up ones and look after the kids, but a lot of times it’s the other way around.”

Way Looks Kids Parent Worry Mental Health Supposed To Be

Book:A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel

Source: A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel

“The important thing was that we were being polite and not saying all the things that were making us unhappy, which was the only way we knew how to love each other.”

Way Important Important Things Unhappy Polite Love Each Other How To Love Being Polite

Book:A Tale for the Time Being

Source: A Tale for the Time Being

About the Author

Born: March 12, 1956
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 82

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