I rather like the smell of absurdity in the morning.

Reality whistles a different tune underwater.

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.

In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.

The beet is the most intense of vegetables

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

It is better to be small, colorful, sexy, careless, and peaceful.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.

how does this outer life, apocalypse reported, penetrate my dreams

let this be our beautiful departure from stagnation

As I grow older, I think friendship between women is a thing to cherish.

All your quirks and all your problems - even your depressions and your failures - that’s what makes you you.

I learned to do with little. And that's why today, I only spend the taxpayers' money like I spend my own, which is seldom. The people of Mississauga love that.

I try to write every day until the book is done, but the exact process depends on the story and its structure. Sometimes, if the story is more linear, I write it from beginning to end.

I admired Bohr very much. We had long talks together, long talks in which Bohr did practically all the talking.

When you are no more, only then for the first time will you be.

I think that to be a competitive athlete, you have to be goal-oriented.

My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.