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Quotes from Author Alan Duff wouldn't write Once Were Warriors again — Alan Duff

born 1950 New Zealand

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I wrote the story on behalf of the Beths, and the Graces, and the Boogies, and everybody else in that situation.

Author Alan Duff wouldn't write Once Were Warriors again (2019)

He [Jake] had an important part in his time when I wrote him, but no longer.

Author Alan Duff wouldn't write Once Were Warriors again (2019)

I didn't want too many Māori names, I wanted it to travel internationally. I knew that Americans might get Two Lakes, but they wouldn't get Rotorua.

Author Alan Duff wouldn't write Once Were Warriors again (2019)

I wasn't pointing the finger at Jake, ... Jake didn't know. You don't know what you don't know.

Author Alan Duff wouldn't write Once Were Warriors again (2019)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alan Duff (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.