If you have one strong idea, you can't help repeating it and embroidering it. Sometimes I think that authors should write one novel and then be put in a gas chamber.

His father watched him across the gulf of years and pathos which always must divide a father from his son.

In the mornings when they were in the city, they had breakfast on a card table in Jeffrey's study

I hope that I am as broadminded as others, and you have always seen a decanter of wine on the table.

I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.

I remember early on, in my very, very early days, I had a makeup artist tell me that I needed to get an attitude. I had no idea what he was talking about.

When you can look at failure and say, 'What is the worst case scenario, ' it's not as bad as it seems.

There's one word that describes baseball - You never know.

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

There'll always be that prep in me that I can't seem to get rid of.

Worthwhile success is impossible in a 40-hour week.

Worry destroys the ability to write. Ill health is bad in the ratio that it produces worry which attacks your subconscious and destroys your nerves.

If enough citizens believe their national security’s in jeopardy then politicians who propose wars will receive the support they need.

It is safe to be me. I love life. I am always safe and secure. I move forward in life with joy and ease. All is well in my world.

We can best serve the cause of Canadian unity and understanding by living first in and through and then beyond our own immediate traditions.