As you get closer to equality, you get more pornography. True patriarchal societies like Saudi Arabia do not allow pornography because women are not allowed to turn their bodies into a commodity; women are chattel.

Toronto may be the only city where novels are integral to high art, the alternative scene and mainstream culture all at the same time.

Culture is always the echo of economic realities; that's what Marx teaches. Feminism is a clear example of that.

The more money women make, the less violence, the less sexual crimes against women. Everything horrific and misogynistic declines. But then what you're dealing with here is "What does it mean to be in love with people who are your equals?" And that's a very beautiful thing that we should cherish, but it's also incredibly tough in some ways.

Actually the family is still the core social unit. Culturally, traditional masculinity was a removed father. That was a false conception of masculinity and the proper relationship between a man and his children.

The wilderness within us is actually the best part of us.

Marriage is this black box which is the key to all social and political problems; the family is the unit.