Most of us get our history through story.

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

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

A movie tends to box you in, at least as far as the aesthetics. You have an incredibly kinetic experience, which is the joy of cinema.

The blackness would stir and eventually go away, and God would remain, a shining point of light in my heart. I would go on loving.

It's amazing how willpower can build walls.

Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea.