I turned around, stepped over the Zebra and threw myself overboard.

It was as unbelievable as the moon catching fire.

First wonder goes deepest; wonder after that fits in the impression made by the first.

War subjects itself to transportation in a way that we find acceptable.

Art is a gift: you create and then you give away. How readers receive that gift is their business. If they hate it, that’s their response to it. Others respond by liking it. Either way, that is their interaction with the book, which is no longer mine.

I love Canada. Its a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.

There is nothing more satisfying than having a sentence fall into place in a way you feel is right, and then adding another one and then another one. It's extraordinarily satisfying.