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

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

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.

Fear is the glue that holds us together.

One of the greatest skills—and gifts—is to focus on a person. Make them feel as though they’re the only person in the world.

Never judge a book by its "spine".

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them.

The night is a tunnel ... a hole into tomorrow.

I feel like women, especially in music, aren't really given as much respect as men. Sexism really exists.

To possess taste, one must have some soul.

When I play my best golf, I feel as if I'm in a fog, standing back watching the earth in orbit with a golf club in my hands.

Your children are not your children. They are lives longing for itself. They come here with their own destiny. Give them your love. They will find their own way.

God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace.