John Chaput Quotes

The turning point was when I was doing an interview with Bert Olmstead, it was his first in 10 years and one he agreed to only because it was a Saskatchewan project. When I was transcribing his interview, it clicked that the perfect way to present every section was in whatever motif works. Don't worry about the whole book being in the same style. - John Chaput

People here want to prove that they belong. The lists I put at the start of every [decade] chapter noting arrivals and departures [births and deaths] really reinforces that Saskatchewan's greatest export has not been wheat, but people. People here want to show they are as good -- and can achieve as much -- as anyone in any part of the country or the world. - John Chaput

I think Gordie Howe touched on it in the foreword to some extent when he said the geography actually helps in a lot of cases, especially in the generations before ours. If you want to play baseball, or football or hockey or soccer, you put something down at each end and just play. - John Chaput

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