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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.
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- “More and more, I find myself turning away from everything relating to contemporary society. I don't know how…”Patrick deWitt
- “I haven't read a lot of Westerns. But I wrote a Western. The influences were all cinematic.”Patrick deWitt
- “I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever…”Patrick deWitt
- “The question of likability is a bit of a puzzler for me. You know, I don't write people with likability in mi…”Patrick deWitt
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- “I was a comic book nut. For real. I still have a collection in my closet.”Joe Russo
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Books by Patrick deWitt
The Sisters brothers
2011
The Sisters Brothers
2011