Carol Shields

There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud.

I don't think I would have been a writer if I hadn't been a mother. I wanted to construct something that contained some of these feelings that I had, some of these discoveries or revelations.

I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.