"It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."

"One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing."

"I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university."

"Modern American war is as easy to script as a B movie."

"I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war."

"The universe never did make sense I suspect it was built on government contract."