Gigantic, willful, young, Chicago sitteth at the northwest gates.

Passion is power, And, kindly tempered, saves. All things declare Struggle hath deeper peace than sleep can bring.

The roaring street is hung for miles With fierce electric fire.

Oppression is opposition.

Failure is necessary to succeed and will become your biggest blessing.

Obedience is an act of faith disobedience is the result of unbelief.

What I'm after is not living to 1,000. I'm after letting people avoid death for as long as they want to.

It's [motherhood] the biggest on-the-job- training program in existence today.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that whatever weirdness was going to be in there, I felt, had to be earned. And it had to be required by the emotional needs of the book.

You dont raise taxes in times of such uncertainty.

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.

I think a lot, so I don't spend a lot of time actually writing - I do that part very quickly. That helps, for me. To keep track of the characters.

I can always sniff out when someone is being what they think I want them to be, which is the complete opposite. I really want a queen to be herself.