The process hasn't changed, but the writer has developed. I still get up every morning and go to work.

I work every day - or at least I force myself into office or room. I may get nothing done, but you don't earn bonuses without putting in time. Nothing may come for three months, but you don't earn the fourth without it.

A novel may take anywhere from two to five years to write and, in the end, you might manage a couple of thousand dollars on it, no more.

Edmonton is not the end of the world but you can certainly see it from there.

Listen your Lordship, I'm a respecter of institutions. Even in Paris, I remained a Canadian. I puffed hashish, but I didn't inhale.

In Canada, nobody is ever overthrown because nobody gives a damn.

The process hasn't changed, but the writer has developed. I still get up every morning and go to work.