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

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

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

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

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.

God's perspectives requires persistence. To have God's perspective in the world we live in requires persistence.

Whatever it takes to find the real you, don't be daunted if the rest of the world looks on in shock.

Friend. Before Mark, I’d known its definition. Now I knew its meaning.

I never ever feel jealous to those who have more than i have, but i just feel jealous to those who could give more than i could.

Islam has nothing to do with any act of terrorism. We reject every act of extremism and terrorism unconditionally.

My mom was an environmental activist in Australia in the late '60s and '70s, and I guess I've inherited that awareness from her.

I think Paul Scholes is the best player in England. He's got the best skills, the best brain. No one can match him. There isn't a player of his mould anywhere in the world. Paul is irreplaceable.

Setting goals can blind you to opportunities. You might be trying to get to point C. When opportunity B comes, you don't even look at it because you're going straight to C.

The day is done; and slowly from the scene the stooping sun upgathers his spent shafts, and puts them back into his golden quiver!

I love doing motion pictures and expect to be as busy as I want to be in them.