The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.

I have no skills with machines. I fear them, and because I cannot help attributing human qualities to them, I suspect that they hate me and will kill me if they can.

The wit of a graduate student is like champagne. Canadian champagne.

Love affairs are for emotional sprinters; the pleasures of love are for the emotional marathoners.

My dear fellow, my whole life is moved by the principle that the one thing which is more important than peace is music. It is because I believe that I am poor.

If you attack Stupidity you attack an entrenched interest with friends in government and every walk of public life.

In a government like ours, the Crown is the abiding and unshakable element in government; politicians may come and go, but the Crown remains and certain aspects of our system pertain to it which are not dependent on any political party. In this sense, the Crown is the consecrated spirit of Canada.