Crimes, sins, nightmares, hunks of hair: it was surprising how many of them has something to dispose of. The more I charged, the easier it was for them to breathe freely once more.

Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.

With publicity comes humiliation.

The older a woman gets, the more invisible you become.

Most of my life is just spent lying in bed. I mean, it's enough pressure to write the words. Do I need to use the additional energy exerted by sitting up?

The novel is never really in the first draft. The novel really happens in the revisions.

Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless, it's what I do, every day.

Why would I want to read something about somebody that's just a really nice, decent person who overcomes terrible trials? That's not how life is to me.

I feel like I sort of missed the eighties. At the time, we didn’t know we were having fun, which is probably the way it always is.

I was like a social worker for lepers. My clients had a chunk of their body they wanted to give away; for a price I was there to receive it.

I think the sixties must have been quite a lot of fun.

Smile carry your magical fragrance and vibrations which sooth the surroundings where you go.

My mother was a personal friend of God's. They had ongoing conversations.

I get to thinking about my life, and it sometimes makes me want to make it interesting.

I really did for a few weeks think, I'm in pain because the world needs me to save it. Which is so ridiculous and egotistical.

Rural Alberta is a lot less homogeneous than it used to be, partly because of my immigration policies.

What is your Primary Aim? Where is the script to make your dreams come true?

Life is only good for two things, doing mathematics and teaching it.

The best thing for being sad ... is to learn something.

It is a weird thing that actors have people applaud when they're done working. I still find that entertaining.

I don't mess around when it comes to brushing my teeth. Properly brushed, twice a day, every day, to get my day started.