Sometimes you have to tell a a bunch of lies to get at the truth.

Delicious days ahead for solitude and writing and, oh yes, the holiday meal with family. Live with my characters until term starts in 2012!

The fact that none of these civic worriers had ever heard of such a case was unimportant, because they all had heard of somebody who had heard of it!

More lies, but maybe lies were better than the truth.

Sometimes I long to forget… It is painful to be conscious of two worlds.

Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his routine.

I'm going to prove the haters and doubters wrong. I like when the doubters try to say that I'm (not still) elite or that I'm too old. I'll use that.

No journey is too great, when one finds what one seeks.

Canadian federalism is more than a form of government. It's also a system of values that allows different people in diverse communities to live and work together in harmony for the good of all.

If we worried half as much what others are doing for us and spent twice as much time helping others, we would all be exponentially happier.

As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he's a genius.

A writer doesn't really have much of a function on a movie set.