Ah me son, we don't be takin' nothin' from the sea. We has to sneak up on what we wants and wiggle it away

Stephen Harper is probably the most dangerous human being ever elevated to power in Canada.

We're under some gross misconception that we're a good species, going somewhere important, and that at the last minute we'll correct our errors and God will smile on us. It's delusion.

Inaction will cause a man to sink into the slough of despond and vanish without a trace.

The wolf never kills for fun, which is probably one of the main differences distinguishing him from man.

It is in our nature to travel into our past, hoping thereby to illuminate the darkness that bedevils the present.

Don't make a big distinction between fiction and non-fiction. These are arbitrary distinctions.

After all, we fought the Yanks in 1812 and kicked them the hell out of our country - but not with blanks.

And this is what happened, ands this is why the caribou and the wolf are one; for the caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf that keeps the caribou strong.

If you are going to be a big personality, you've got to have some kind of characteristic gimmick.

I write every day. I'm always in the process of writing my last book, until the next one.

If you agree that the person you were few years ago will take advice from the person you are now, you have made a clear progress in life.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.

During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.

I also feel stronger than I ever have. I have confidence in my beliefs, my decisions and myself.

I think I'm a bit of a dreamer. I don't like the reality of life to impinge much on my life.

When an idea reaches critical mass there is no stopping the shift its presence will induce.

My eyesight's gone, my reflexes are shot, and I can't stay awake, but thank God I can still drive.

I like normal, simple, good people.

I would love to do comedy. I'm actually really animated and goofy. I talk with my hands so intensely.