I know things are unbearable but in spite of that we have to bear them.

When you are reading, someone has done a lot of work on your behalf, someone has had ideas and has then written and corrected and improved them so that they can be shared.

Canadians are Americans with no Disneyland.

At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other writers. My children are grown up and my grandchildren are still quite young.

If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing twice.

Do you think that clothes have a life of their own, and maybe have unsuitable affairs with opposite styles? I mean - you look at some people - their clothes go on flirting long after the people inside them have lost interest.

I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part of the general human situation.