Corn ethanol can help in the short term, but it has serious limitations, and none of this is going to work if we don't dramatically improve the efficiency of our cars and trucks.

I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year.

I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.

I have long held that there are two fundamental views of children: That they are pets who can talk, or that they are small people who do not yet know very much. The wrong one is winning.

My first career was as a coach and a teacher.

As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often write my songs for myself.

The cosmic believer needs the energy of the universe to survive spiritually.

Knowing is important, but understanding is everything.

I think of religion as something that stains the person. It's a mindset you can never get free from, it's always in the back of your head.

Being around Lily Tomlin has been great, how she treats people, how she handles herself, how she goes about interpreting her character or deciding how the comedy should work.

To grieve over sin is one thing, to repent is another.

Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain?

There is nothing more fragile than civilization.

To shut down the ability to feel pain means you shut down all emotions, joy included. It makes our hearts feel small, it robs us of our joy, and really keeps us no safer.

I have absolutely no difficulty myself with the playing of God Save the Queen in the presence of Her Majesty.

The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it's divisive and it's dangerous.