Whatever it is I'm born to do, my fear of failing at it has almost become greater than my desire to figure out what it is.

I wonder: instead of retreating and hiding, instead of pining for the way it was, what if I accept the way it is? This strikes me as both the most obvious thing in the world and the most profound.

A book reviewer is usually a barker before the door of a publisher's circus.

And it's not only films, I'm pretty unaware of anything that's going on in popular culture right now.

Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.

I'm a massive fan of Sunshine. Oh my God, I love that film.

Anyone can live in a house, but homes are created with patience, time and love.

I'm a first-generation Canadian.

For me, personally, I think drugs are sacred and should be used for work. That's what I believe in. Drugs have a real shamanistic value. I can handle drugs. I've never had a problem.

Could I betray my absent heart to save my pathetic life?

You come into my dreams from a whisper to a scream.

Noise and activity are the refuges of the bereaved and the guilty.