When our souls shall leave this dwelling, the glory of one fair and virtuous action is above all the 'scutcheons on our tomb, or silken banners over us.
Sometimes, it's not getting what we want that offers us the most important Lessons
When I die, nieces, I want to be cremated, my ashes taken up in a bush plane and sprinkled onto the people in town below. Let them think my body is snowflakes, sticking in their hair and on their shoulders like dandruff.
The history needs to serve the story, not the story the history. But at the same time you can't stray too far.
People will say that Canada, unlike America, was not birthed from violence. But I want to say, "What are you talking about?" It's just not true.
There's the concept that dreams are as important - if not more important - than reality. The attention that one pays to those things in the shadows is very much a part of the Indian experience.
I'm a writer. I should be allowed to speak about my writing at times. And I'm really excited to speak about that. There's nothing I am shameful of or anything else in my novels. They are my children and I'm happy to speak about my children.
But then again, you know, the pimp in TAXI DRIVER has this reason, given the environment he was living in.
My mind is full of secrets I'm too afraid to tell. My body's full of longing for you to know me well.
You're watching your kids playing football, and you're not present. It's like the worst. . . it's horrible. I despise myself for it. I think it's a particularly male thing. Being present and in the moment with your kids is something a lot of men struggle with.
I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.