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About Patrick deWitt
Canadian novelist and screenwriter
Patrick deWitt is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter, born on Vancouver Island. He later moved to Portland, Oregon, and became an American citizen. He has 83 quotes on the site. He is known for six novels, beginning with Ablutions in 2009 and continuing with The Sisters Brothers, Undermajordomo Minor, French Exit, The Librarianist, and Dodge City. His work spans fiction for the page and screenwriting, and his published novels have appeared across more than a decade.
More from Patrick deWitt (83 quotes) →Other sayings from Patrick deWitt
- “I was intentionally curbing the impulse to be funny and hiding the ability. I wrote any number of very seriou…”Patrick deWitt
- “I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting to the authors,…”Patrick deWitt
- “After school, I got a job in a shop in Hollywood and shared an apartment with a friend. I promptly lost my jo…”Patrick deWitt
- “I don't know that happy people are interesting to write about - or to read about.”Patrick deWitt
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- “It is true that the U.S. could and should have been more generous as Russia made its painful transition to a…”Richard N. Haass
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Books by Patrick deWitt
The Sisters brothers
2011
The Sisters Brothers
2011