I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I write, I don't like to be around any humans.
I write about people in small towns; I don't write about people living in big cities. My kind of storytelling depends upon people that have time to talk to each other.
A lot of my writer friends live near me, and that makes people think we just hang around with one another in cafes, trading work and discussing 'Harper's' and what not. But I rarely see them. We're home working.
I don't have a problem with anybody in Toronto.
I moved to a city and joined a sort of fast crowd. A lot of people who grew up in the city sort of aren't aware of manners and other ways of life and 'common decency.'
A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized.
I'm such an antsy type of person. I can't write in a room without other people around. I write in coffee shops.
I have lived most of my life in small towns, and I'm in the habit of knowing and talking to everyone.
Someone yelled at me once, 'You never write about yourself.' People used to get so mad at me for that. But my definition of myself is completely up for grabs. I'm everywhere, just like we all are.
I just have to work on the apologetic side because I'm Canadian. We apologize for everything.