Men who define themselves as breadwinners are going to have to leave the traditional iconography of masculinity behind if they want to be breadwinners.

Women become breadwinners, men become caregivers. That's the birth of intimate marriage.

You have two things happening: You have the cultural and economic reality of men falling apart and traditional masculinity falling apart.

The wilderness within us is actually the best part of us.

When you look at the biggest study of the American dream, the number-one correlate for upward mobility is having two parents in a home. It doesn't matter if they're male or female.

Toronto may be the only city where novels are integral to high art, the alternative scene and mainstream culture all at the same time.

Whenever I read a book about a marriage, I always feel I'm being lied to.

Marriage is an an inherently contradictory state. It involves the fusion of two people into one thing. And it's also love, and it's a lot of work, and it's got glory in its drudgery.

I'd never call myself a feminist, and that the world doesn't need male feminists.

Marriage is not one point of view: it's a constant back and forth over different perspectives - a healthy marriage, anyway.

Almost all the voices in history have been men, but on this one question of gender, men don't talk about it. This has nothing to do with women; it has to do with men.

Do you want me to have them sedate you until it's over?

Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty.

No one is fighting for my freedom unless they are doing it on my soil.

I didn't want to be known as a man who only made horror films. I made some - very few.

I read the New York Times, and if I'm in a different city, I'll skim that paper.

I think cats would have an even worse attitude if they found out how stupid their names were.

Strike one is a big, big pitch-you can do a lot after you get strike one, no matter how you get it.

Writing cant change the world overnight, but writing may have an enormous effect over time, over the long haul.

Leather is always sexy, and you have to wear leather when you ride a bike. It's more for protection, but it also gets you some style points, I think.

To get fruits from the tree branches, shake them with hands; to get fruits from men, shake them with clever ideas!