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“The concept of karma is a beautiful concept in Sanskrit. The whole idea of karma is that every being has an innate tendency - the karma of ice is to be cold, the karma of fire is to burn, the karma of the trees is to grow and bear fruit. In the same way, a human has a certain thrust. What I've realized is that my thrust is to be in the world, like in the world of business.”
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“The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die.”
Source : Interview with Alan Hall, www.scientificamerican.com. June 23, 1997. 
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“Canadians are fond of darker stories, serious stories, so if you're a Mystery writer or a Romance writer or Fantasy Writer, you will most likely have an American publisher and agent.”
Source : "The Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eden Robinson". Interview With Helga Schimkat, therumpus.net. September 24, 2016.
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“A map is the dead body of where you've been. A map is the unborn baby of where you're going. There are no maps. Maps are pictures of what isn't.”
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“Lawyer – One skilled in the circumvention of the law.”
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“It often happens that the quotations constitute the most valuable part of a book.”
Source : Vicesimus Knox (1805). “Winter Evenings: Or Lucubrations on Life and Letters. ...”, p.47
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“I am a lover of all sorts of different music. I love blues and every piece of music that I have listened to has become an influence.”
Source : "Q&A: David Gilmour". Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. February 21, 2006.
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“I don't believe Chinese movies should only have Chinese cast and talents shooting it with a Chinese story.”
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“There is a universal urge for intimacy, for trading subjectivities, in communication. For Telepathy. Our desire for it tells us about what we wish to be: truly intersubjective beings.”
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“And then--a Day as huge As Yesterdays in pairs, Unrolled its horror in my face-- Until it blocked my eyes”
