"There are subtle things you can do without crossing the line. If I see I've got up my opponent's nose, I will be over the moon. Job done."

“I have nothing but great respect for great scholars. But I was in grad school in the '80s and '90s, at the height of the theory craziness. It had a big part in why I ended up becoming a writer rather than a scholar, because I thought, "I just can't play these games." I was interested in literature because I loved literature, and so much of the theoretical positioning, at that moment 25 years ago, was antagonistic to literature. You know, trying to show that Jane Austen is a terrible person because she wasn't thinking about colonialism.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“I always wanted to be an actor, but in Edmonton, Alberta, that's not a success-oriented career. So I said, 'I'll get my (teaching) degree and then I'll see what happens, but I'll always have that to fall back on.' So if anybody were to look at me and say, 'Oh, you're an actor,' I could always say, 'Hey man, I'm a teacher!'”

“There is room in today's world for men to wear dresses.”

Source : "A history of the little black dress" By Ann Hoevel, www.cnn.com. October 2, 2012.

“Certain kinds of clichés are the narcotics of the middle class.”

“The Japanese army is now prepared to use every means within its power to subdue its opponents. The objectives of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces are, as clearly set forth in statements issued by the Japanese Government, not only to protect the vested interests of Japan and the lives and property of the Japanese residents in the affected area, but also to scourge the Chinese Government and army who have een pursuing anti-foreign and anti-Japanese policies in collaboration with Communist influences.”

Source : "Shanghai's Undeclared War: An Illustrated Factual Recording of the Shanghai Hostilities". Book by George C. Bruce, p. 54, 1937.

“If you’re chopping and changing the team you don’t get that word I can’t pronounce beginning with ‘C’.”

“& I'm all up all up all up in the bank with the funny face”

“I'm wearing a garbage bag. I was put on my own worst-dressed list.”