Disease may score a direct hit on only one member of a family, but shrapnel tears the flesh of the others.

The notion that the maternal wish and the activity of mothering are instinctive or biologically predestined is baloney.

[On her mastectomy:] Fact is, I'm the same car I always was, except now I have a dent in my fender.

unlike a disappointing marriage, disappointing motherhood cannot be terminated by divorce.

You have to appreciate where you have come from to know who you are in the present and whom you would like to be in the future.

Failure is part of life, but surrender is the end of life.

Drunk words are sober thoughts

Free your grudges and heal your wounds.

Value is that which one acts to gain and/or keep. Virtue is the act by which one aims and/or keeps it.

She had a plan. Even if it was a little insane.

When I was a schoolkid, I went to Castleton quite a few times. We'd be there studying rocks, going down these big hills. It was a great place!

By far, the content of Canadian films. You're able to push the envelope in ways you can't in the U.S., I find. But also, because of the budgets and everything, it's all condensed, quick, and short.

The first point of courtesy must always be truth.

Obviously a lot has gone on, and I feel I am different person, I haven't had a beer since New Year's, which is pretty big for me.