Compared to Americans, Canadians are often more gentle in their approach to things. They're much more apologetic. There's less room for conflict.

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

There's the concept that dreams are as important - if not more important - than reality. The attention that one pays to those things in the shadows is very much a part of the Indian experience.

I never want to play down to the reader. I think readers are willing to go along if they're intrigued.

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

Canada and America are very, very different. It's true that we share a language and many customs. But Americans have a very different view of the world.

There’s something sexy in cooking for a man who likes my food. Am I growing up?