Once you have a certain amount of money, it ceases to be an issue. I'd rather put my cultural imprint on the fabric of life. After money, all you want is immortality.

The greatest propaganda coup of the American right has been to convince its citizens that we are in the grip of a liberal conspiracy.

The human race is facing all kinds of problems, and all we are doing is pointing fingers and saying, 'Your interpretation of the problem is different from my interpretations of the problem.

I came to America from Canada because Canada is stultifyingly boring and incredibly hypocritical.

I don't go to bars and stuff like I used to, but I live each day to make something.

I thought I was a pretty good writer, but I didn't have anything to write about. I wanted to go out in the world, have some adventures and then write about them.

I don't care if I die - look, I'm old - but you want your kids to have good times and a good life. I became sort of aware. I used to get so angry.