"If honey bees become extinct, human society will follow in four years."

“Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.”

“I was unnerved to learn in my twenties that the poems of Emily Dickinson that I had memorized as a girl were not the poems as she had written them.”

“I write songs very quickly, so the 20 minutes of joy I get out of writing a song doesn't compare to the two months of joy I get engaging with the people who like my music.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“I attempt a difficult work; but there is no excellence without difficulty. [Lat., Ardua molimur; sed nulla nisi ardua virtus.]”

“Americans ... want leaders who share their values, understand their needs, and respect their intelligence.”

“Why do you sound surprised? I love America. Just because I think gay dudes should be allowed to adopt kids and we should all have hybrid cars doesn't mean I don't love America?”

“I started having doubts right on top of my certainty.”

Source : David James Duncan (2010). “The Brothers K”, p.40, Dial Press

“The Huddersfield that I like best is a large town with a big heart and an open mind.”