An artist should remain true. Otherwise his talent, like his stomach, grows fat and stuffy.

A fat stomach sticks out too far. It prevents you from looking down and seeing what is going on around you.

There are times when it is more courageous to be cowardly.

My family are my priority but I've always had a strong work ethic and I like to be busy.

Coincidence means only a connection that's not seen. Roots meet underground.

I became an ecologist long before I had ever heard the word.

There is no normality in life. Having two houses means that we can get out of each other's hair - which, let's face it, we've both got a lot of.

Particular bits of knowledge are nothing, because they are made up of what Dr. Robert Hutchins once called rapidly aging facts. Principles and method are everything.

Leave each one his touch of folly; it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry.

War's extremely serious and it saddens me.

We know the truth of the restored gospel. Are we ready to defend that truth? We need to live it; we need to share it.

At crucial junctures, every individual makes decisions and ... every decision is individual.

To be romantic is quite simply to allow yourself to fall in love with life - all of life - and experience it fully, openly, passionately, and purposefully