“I like to think we all have our own inner Jikos, the archetypal character who serves as a moral compass. She’s very much a part of our folklore — both our public folklore and our inner folklore. So I think that’s why people like her: they recognize her, because we all have one.”
January 14, 2014
Ruth Ozeki On 'A Tale For The Time Being': We All Have A Buddhist Nun Inside Us
BUSTLE
Claire Luchette
“It’s a small but spacious room in my mind, very quiet and far away, and often difficult to get to. There are certain keys that fit the many doorways between here and there, but I’m often unsure of which keys to use, and I often lose or misplace them. But once I’m inside the room, I feel like I’ve come home. ”
January 8, 2014
Star Tribune
Interview with Ruth Ozeki
Laurie Hertzel
“With Nao’s diary, I didn’t actually take a walk on the beach and stumble across a plastic bag containing a Hello Kitty lunchbox with a diary inside it. On the other hand, I was probably walking along the beach when I started to hear the voice of this young girl speaking in the back of my mind. So in a way, her voice washed up on the shores of my imagination. ”
January 8, 2014
Public Libraries Online
The Shores of My Imagination: A Conversation with Ruth Ozeki
Brendan Dowling
“The writer does inhabit the character; in a way, I inhabit all the characters I have ever written, at least for a short period of time. ”
January 6, 2014
Nineteen Questions
Ruth Ozeki
Interviewed by Kris Kosaka
On the eve of her 2013 Man Booker Prize shortlisting (for A Tale for the Time Being), Canadian-American author (and Zen Buddhist priest) Ruth Ozeki visited the Wheeler Centre's green room for a conversation about her work and ideas with Melburnian and fellow author Leanne Hall.
September 13, 2013
The Wheeler Centre
Catastrophe, Thought Experiments and Writing as Performed Philosophy
With Leanne Hall
