I think constraints are very important. They're positive, because they allow you to work off something.

My exposure to visual art all my life was intensive.

You have to be able to wake up in the morning and say, 'I've been true.

The power of words to deceive is a danger far exceeding any we might encounter from physical weapons. Sticks and stones can break bones! But words can lead worlds into ruin!

I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.

The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains, from imprisonment, from enslavement by others. The rest is extension of this sense, or else metaphor.

I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.

Yes I say that I am enlightened. What does that mean? It means I live in a condition of light...There really is no primary self anymore.

I've always been so intrigued by French language and how it completely changes you, because of cultural context, because of humor.

I'd be prouder still to say I was Canada's 10th woman prime minister.

She was getting bitchy.That was a good sign. "What am I supposed to do till you get back?" I said, patting the smouldering leather. "Hide in my closet? I"d rather be with you.

What could make the Napoleonic Wars more exciting? Dragons.

The only preparation for prospering in the global economy is investing in ourselves.