So that’s what art is, for the artist,” said Crake. “An empty drainpipe. An amplifier. A stab at getting laid.

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.

He's quite extraordinary with his moves and spins. I think he was a baton girl in a past life [on his co-star Hayden Christensen].

All worthwhile endeavours begin in your thoughts, and focusing your thoughts appropriately will increase your chances of success.

Loneliness is not lack of company. Loneliness is lack of purpose.

And just as I thought that my happy ending was beginning, it had to end so soon even though it hadn't started yet.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

North and West have always vied for power and territory, but their recent competition as to which one is more insidious of the twohas been more peaceful.

The original plan was that James Wan would direct the pilot [of MacGyver ] but it didn't work out, and then it did, which is great. I'm a huge fan.

I remember, with the third [Twilight] movie, when we went to Munich and the entire Olympic stadium was filled with fans. We walked in there and did nothing.

In all your movements, let nothing be evident that would offend the eyes of another.

If you buy the things you don't need, you will soon be selling the things that you need.