I think being Canadian helps you as a journalist in America, because you're sort of on the outside watching this big party going on, and you're sort of taking mental notes as it goes on. I think if you're in the party the whole time, you don't notice it as much. And I think Canadians are very good observers of American culture.

You lose manufacturing jobs, you rarely ever get them back again.

Many men think they're playboys but they invariably land wide of the mark. Surrounding yourself with champagne, fast friends and paid escorts is the very definition of the word 'loser'.

In less than a year, the Bush administration will strut out of office, leaving the country in roughly the same condition a toddler leaves a diaper.

People think they have to be ambitious. But at a certain age, all you want is to be around nice, decent people.

Television has the obvious benefits of regularity and intimacy.

I walk down the street and people don't go, 'my God, there he is.' I lead as normal a life as you can lead in New York City.