I love Toronto, It's the best city.

Don't be afraid to be awesome. Sometimes being weird and different is good. When you think you're working hard, there is always someone else working harder, so always be yourself and know your stuff.

I would like to do comedy. I can be a bit of a Jim Carrey. I was always the class clown.

Dip your hands into life, scoop up memories, dreams, questions and ideas and weave them into stories.

When I was 7 years old I saw Jimmy Connors make someone carry his bag, as though he were Julius Caesar. I vowed then and there that I would always carry my own.

Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that.

I'm a believer in the benefits of translation. It's a necessity and a privilege - it would be awful to be limited to reading authors who's work was composed in the languages I happen to have learned.

And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of a flying career.

The foaminess of the Falls, together with the tinge of tawny yellow in the troubled waters, only reminded me of so much unattainable soda and sherry, and made me feel thirstier than ever.

He's halfway sick and halfway stoned. He'd sure like to kick, but he's too far gone. So they wind him down with methadone.

In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong.

There were no spells at my school, just a smack in the mouth.

A really good detective never gets married.