“I feel like a fox in a henhouse full of Catholic girls.”

“I feel rather like a rabbit that has taken a fox for its pupil.”

“I would not employ an author to referee a Ping-Pong match. By their very nature they are biased and bloody-minded. Better put a fox in a henhouse than to ask an author to judge his peers. (in a letter to the Governor General about the GA's Literary Awards & his issue--among others--with the judging system, 1981)”

“Let us put it the other way, the Lutheran or Protestant church versus the Catholic. The Catholic is the girl that you love so much that she can lie to you, and the Protestant is the girl that loves you so much that you can lie to her, and pretend a lot that you do not feel.”

“In that case, we need to seriously arm ourselves. (Sin)Hail Mary, full of grace – (Kish)What are you doing? You’re not Catholic. (Damien)Yeah, but I’m feeling really religious all of a sudden and it seemed like a good idea. (Kish)”

“Shall we go have a nice dinner in London? And,well, you can't, but I feel like getting a little foxed while we're at it.”