Literature is not only a mirror; it is a map, a geography of the mind.

But nothing is more opaque than absolute transparency.

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.

Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.

Canada was built on dead beavers.

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.

You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself.

Nature is to zoos as God is to churches.

If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia.

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

Action gives a decision power and finality.

Managers maintain the present while leaders create the future.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.

The Bible is one, Old and New, in my particular tradition.

The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.

Do not try to find out - we're forbidden to know - what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.

There is no dark side to love. Only a darker side to those we love

Go Sir, gallop and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything but not time.

We do make a difference - one way or the other. We are responsible for the impact of our lives. Whatever we do with whatever we have, we leave behind us a legacy for those who follow.