We all fight on two fronts, the one facing the enemy, the one facing what we do to the enemy.

The history needs to serve the story, not the story the history. But at the same time you can't stray too far.

I'm a writer. I should be allowed to speak about my writing at times. And I'm really excited to speak about that. There's nothing I am shameful of or anything else in my novels. They are my children and I'm happy to speak about my children.

I'm intrigued by the classic Greek tragedies, as well as by the idea of the Greek chorus.

I believe truly that Canada is a living history and we're going through some of the most important time in this country's short 150 years.

During World War I the Canadians were the shock troops. In many historical cases, Canadians have been very proficient at killing, and doing what we have to in order to survive. But no one wants to acknowledge that fact.

As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work.