"I don't know why but about 20 years ago when I turned 40, I became obsessed with death. I wrote a very bad script, humorless, and sent it to the CBC [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]. Considering all the terrible stuff they make, I was a little surprised when they turned me down." "Once I had that tiny, little idea, I could see the whole thing. It was the easiest script for me to write. It's like that terrible thing they say about it writing itself." [on "The Barbarian Invasions" (The Barbarian Invasions] I don't know. I'm the worst possible writer. I have no method. I've never learned it. I never attended one course in scriptwriting. I'm the worst possible example that you could give aspiring young writers.