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Quote by Michael Helm

“I like a great degree of compression. I like to mix lateral steps with forward ones. I don't want the prose ever to feel simply functional - at least not for any stretch.”

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Michael Helm

Michael Helm, born in 1961, is a distinguished Canadian novelist. His works are known for their profound character development and unique narrative style, which have won him a wide audience. more

“The novel's not the best form for disposing ideas, though that's one thing it can do. It likely is the best form, though, for conveying the experience of us each being alone, trapped in our skulls with only these bodies and this imperfect instrument of language to convey our state and to find meaning and connection.”

Ideas States Body Form Language Can Do Novel One Thing Connections Instruments Imperfect Trapped Find Me Skulls Conveying

Author:Michael Helm

“Novels seem to exist because of this need to know and connect, and so story becomes charged with necessity.”

Knows Needs Stories Seems Novel

Author:Michael Helm

“You can save the city, but having the city be in jeopardy is one thing and having the people you care about be in jeopardy is another.”

People Care Cities One Thing Jeopardy

Author:Marc Guggenheim

“Time has a certain current to it, and it wants to flow in a certain direction.”

Want Certain Flow Currents

Author:Marc Guggenheim