I'm really changed by my research. This book ["This Changes Everything" ]is very different from what I set out to write.

We're dealing with a crisis of inequality, of joblessness, of underemployment.

I personally feel very strongly that what it will take is not more disasters, it's that what it will take is a vision of the future that is better than our present.

One of the things that could be exciting about this next phase of Canadian politics is if we could maybe have co-leaders.

Once you feel the desire to engage, think about what you're good at and what you can contribute. It's about breaking down the idea that there are activists and ordinary people.

Film 'This Changes Everything' is not a sad story. It's not a slit-your-wrists climate film. It's a story about people who are making change happen.

The book and the film [This Changes Everything] fed into each other in ways that were compounding and very exciting. The pain was shared.

I've always kind of hated films about climate change.

I think people are losing that sense of security pretty fast, frankly.

So many people are on the front lines of this fossil fuel frenzy. It is infused with a sense of urgency.

Transformation in the world happens when people are healed and start investing in other people.

My dad had an aunt at the turn of the century who died from diabetes, but she was the closest affected relative in my family.

If hell is to roam, then i've got hell to pave.

The Lord knows who we really are, what we really think, what we really do, and who we really are becoming.

I'm active on Twitter, and I love my iPad and my Kindle.

What harm is there in making 100,000 people happy on a hot summer afternoon?

Everything happens when it needs to happen; everyone is always where they need to be. You will never miss out on what is meant for you, even if it has to come to you in a roundabout way.

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.

In the lottery of life there are more prizes drawn than blanks, and to one misfortune there are fifty advantages. Despondency is the most unprofitable feeling a man can indulge in.

I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.