The Canadian version of Julius Caesar's memoirs? I came, I saw, I coped.

I've only got a fraction of the energy I once had, but I think I probably use it better.

I was brought up on the proletarian left, and I remain there. The fair go for workers is fundamental, and I don't believe the free market has a mind.

I won't have to miss smoking any more. Nobody smokes where I'm going: It's like a row of restaurants in California.

Generally it is our failures that civilize us. Triumph confirms us in our habits.

Reading and writing... are exciting. The most exciting things I can think of. And now, as I reflect... I have to say that I've been lucky in that I'm amused by what I do - sufficiently amused.

Ban poetry. And make sure that anyone caught reading it is expelled from school. Then it will acquire the glamour.