We are that strange species that constructs artifacts intended to counter the natural flow of forgetting.

I only go to Japan when there's someone who can afford to bring me there, and consequently I may never go again!

I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting. I actually tend to suspect that in real life, there have always been very strong female characters, but at certain stages of society, they've been asked to cool it.

Somehow I think that if Toronto had been forced to wait a decade [from 80th], it would be a better looking city.

Enlightenment is "being," and it grows; it's end is serenity.

I assume that - because you can get degrees in journalism from very reputable universities - I assume that people can be trained to be journalists. I've never been entirely certain that anyone can be trained to be a novelist in the same way.

What strikes me about Toronto is that Toronto's great misfortune was to have too much money in the late 70s and early 80s, and consequently, it built in the style of those periods, which is hideous.