I just write the books that I think I would want to read.
I just am a Canadian. It is not a thing which you can escape from. It is like having blue eyes
Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.
We mistrust anything that too strongly challenges our ideal of mediocrity.
The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.
To ask an author who hopes to be a serious writer if his work is autobiographical is like asking a spider where he buys his thread. The spider gets his thread right out of his own guts, and that is where the author gets his writing.
The human animal is adapted to, and apparently can thrive on, an extraordinary range of different diets, but the Western diet, however you define it, does not seem to be one of them.
I act according to the requirements of the character, and if I try to play the role, then I play it truthfully. In my daily life, I'm a laid-back, peaceful guy. I'm just doing my job to act.
So what is the difference between someone who willfully indulges in sexual pleasures while ignoring the Bible on moral purity and someone who willfully indulges in the selfish pursuit of more and more material possessions while ignoring the Bible on caring for the poor? The difference is that one involves a social taboo in the church and the other involves the social norm in the church.
We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.