I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.
Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.
I couldn't stop looking at the award when I received it. It was as if my whole career flashed in front of me, from beginning to the moment I was handed the Golden Globe.
I hate to tell you this, but I did not know what the National Book Award was when I got the call.
The first award that I recall having received was in the form of a scholarship when I was studying in the 5th standard. I was granted this scholarship for achieving academic excellence, and it continues to be one of the high points in my life.
Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.
To map the Governor General's Award is to map both the past and the future of Canadian literature, and to be nominated for my first book is wonderful.
I'd said to my sweetheart a couple of days before that the SAG and Spirit Award nomination was amazing and I had no attachment to the Academy Award. I knew I was an underdog so I just decided to sleep through the announcement.
I won the John Mackey Award, so I did something right.
I am honored to receive the James Beard award and so incredibly proud of my entire team at Eleven Madison Park.