I come from Nova Scotia, and I'd never seen a theater or been inside of a theater. When I was 17, my dad asked me what I wanted to do, and I said I t….

A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must place no one, inclu….

Make it all about the work. Everything else will follow..

You can put anything into words, except your own life..

Every novel starts with a theme, and I am constantly looking for big ideas..

You have to learn to interrupt because you aren't going to get called on..

Ultimately, my hope is to amaze myself..

In most constitutional states the citizens rule and are ruled by turns, for the idea of a constitutional state implies that the natures of the citize….

Success is never deserved. Success is always earned..

To have what few have, do what few do..

I hate the idea of repeating myself. I need new perspectives and challenges for each project, and I'm very happy that many people are able to follow ….

You're not going to learn how to do it until you do it..

The history of reform is always identical; it is the comparison of the idea with the fact. Our modes of living are not agreeable to our imagination. ….

You've got to be hungry - for ideas, to make things happen and to see your vision made into reality.

I always have something going on..

Some of the routines come back very easily. We do it off the top of our heads..

To model correctly one tranche of one CDO took about three hours on one of the fastest computers in the United States. There is no chance that pretty….

It takes courage to be creative. Just as soon as you have a new idea, you are in a minority of one..

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world..

It was a bad idea, because I think that any government reorganization has to come in relatively small bites, or else you get indigestion..

Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple.