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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) →Keep reading Patrick deWitt
- “The idea is this: It's important to upset one's work habits, to topple the cart for each project.”Patrick deWitt
- “There is nothing typical about my profession.’ Suddenly I did not want to talk about it any longer. ‘I don’t…”Patrick deWitt
- “I sighed. ‘It doesn’t matter what we do. Money comes and goes.’ I shook my head. ‘It doesn’t matter and you k…”Patrick deWitt
- “My instinct is to write under the cloak of an opaque historical setting.”Patrick deWitt
Books: more sayings
- “I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.”Francis Ford Coppola
- “The rosary was said every evening. I always liked that sentence about the medieval Churches, that they were t…”John McGahern
- “There shall be confusion also in many places, and the fire shall be oft sent out again, and the wild beasts s…”Compton Gage
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Books by Patrick deWitt
The Sisters brothers
2011
The Sisters Brothers
2011