“In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.”

“A natural New Yorker is a native of the present tense.”

“The Canadian spirit is cautious observant and critical where the American is assertive.”

“Those mausoleums of inactive masculinity are places for men who prefer armchairs to women.”

“Queen Victoria - a mixture of national landlady and actress.”

“The mark of genius is an incessant activity of mind. Genius is a spiritual greed.”

“I will find you.In the farthest corner, I will find you.”

“The untold want, by life and land ne'er granted,Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.”

“It's written, 'seek and ye shall find'. But first, 'imagine what you seek'.Otherwise, you will end up searching everything everywhere forever.”

“How can I tell anyone that there has always lived within me a rusty sense of disgust-a dull, brackish water that I suspect is my soul?”

“I'll tell you a secret.Old storytellers never die.They disappear into their own story.”

“A secret note is secret. There is no reason to sign it.”