Always choose the adventure ... unless, it's chilly outside and there's a cup of warm coffee resting near a book and comfy sofa.

Drama entered my home last week, but I ushered it to the door and tossed it to the curb.

Toys have taken over my family room. I watch Mary Poppins, and no matter how many spoonfuls of sugar I eat, action figures won’t march into a bin with the snap of my fingers.

We want your skull! Make no bones about it!

Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination and most importantly, inspire.

... the house is on fire, but go ahead - finish painting the verandah...

One of the advantages of my profession is I come into contact with many people.

People have to want to change before there's any chance of helping them do so.

lifelong enemies are, I think, as hard to make and as important to one's well-being as lifelong friends.

I always feel compelled to lend my voice to things I strongly believe in.

The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.

Some people try to say I'm British by the way I'm speaking. But I think I'm more Canadian, because I speak really slow. Midwestern and Canadian.