“On Sept. 20, 2011, a year after I spoke with Rabanni, a couple of Tali...” — Terry Glavin Quote

“On Sept. 20, 2011, a year after I spoke with Rabanni, a couple of Taliban emissaries arrived at his Kabul fortress with a gift for his 71st birthday. It turned out not to be the truce offering they had claimed they were bringing: one of the Talibs had a bomb hidden in his turban.”

“As with the Pacific Gateway, Canadians were similarly hoodwinked by the Immigrant Investor Program (IIP).”

“What mattered about Alan Kurdi's photograph was that it made Canadians very angry, and the Conservatives, Liberals and New Democrats ended up competing with each other over which party was offering the most generous refugee policy.”

“I was on the train; I did play, but I also played in bars, in the streets, at birthday parties for people who discovered me on the train.”

“I never believed in birthday parties.”

“My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of rubbish.”