I Love The Musicality Of Words.

We Live In Grief For Having Left The Womb, For Having Left The Teat, Then School, Then Home. In My Case, It Was Leaving Marriages, And The Death Of My Wife.

I've Never Been Without A Dog. I've Made Trips Across The Country With A Dog. I've Been In That Angst Of Loneliness, Where You're Really Alone In The Universe, Except For The Dog.

Montreal Is A Very Cosmopolitan, Sophisticated, Erudite, Educated, Glorious City Today. But It Wasn't Quite That Way When I Was Growing Up There. There Was A Lot Of Anti-semitism. And I Had To Deal With That In An Area Of The City That Had Very Few Jews.

If You Make A Fool Of Yourself, You Can Do It With Dignity, Without Taking Your Pants Down. And If You Do Take Your Pants Down, You Can Still Do It With Dignity.

You Have To Create Your Life. You Have To Carve It, Like A Sculpture.