“There is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in the necessity of living with the consequences of actions performed under t...”

“An artist has to take life as he finds it. Life by itself is formless wherever it is. Art must give it form.”

“The Ottawa river flows out of Protestant Ontario into Catholic Quebec.”

“The trouble with this whole country is that it's divided up into little puddles with big fish in each one of them.”

“The Greeks who knew everything understood that without the orgy there is no middle ground between bedlam and Toronto ... we need the healing grace of the orgy in this country.”

“A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.”

“Rich people do not work for money, they are doing what they like to do”

“Why do we need money beyond a point? If we are free of ill health, enmity, and debt, is that not enough? Too much money only leads to less peace.”

“Nine out of ten significant people have to do with money or war!”