I think that Scottish people, like Canadians, are often misunderstood and what I like about my Scottish friends and relatives is how quickly it can go from love to anger. It's a great dynamic.

Comedy. It was just huge in my house. Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness, Monty Python and all those James Bond movies were highly regarded.

Austin sounds a little bit like Aston Martin, which is the type of car James Bond would drive.

Having a kid is like falling in love for the first time when you're 12, but every day.

Well, I like how people talk. I like language. You know, Linda Richman spoke in Yiddish.

Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again.

My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.

I like smart jokes, I like dumb jokes, and I like dumb jokes done smartly.

You can't think of risks. I have nothing to lose. You either make something that you like, or you don't, and you throw it to the universe.

Comedy and sausages are the two things that if you know how they're made they affect the appetite.

It's hard to be super full of yourself in Canada. If there was a motto of Canada, it would be, "Who do you think you are, eh?"

Hope had only revealed herself to him when he was immersed in darkness

Never underestimate what teens can understand or do. They're smart, creative, and fresh-minded. I wish I was one.

my poems are only bits of scratchingon the floor of acage.

The key to a sale in an interview, and the key to an interview is a disturbing question.

I don't have a style. I wouldn't say I have a style as a writer, either. I know people have said "This is what he does," but when I'm writing, I don't think about that. I don't think about a style.

We want to make sure the thing you're looking for is on Google 100 percent of the time.

We look at the present through a rear view mirror. We march backwards into the future.

Discovered check is the dive bomber of the Chessboard

You liberals are going to have to understand something: I'm not the one that wants to put limits on anybody. You people are.

Italian politicians are too stupid to deserve my vote, but they can get over it with my critical, denunciatory, satirical, vitriolic and vituperative invectives.