I see my subject as an orchestration of shapes, patterns, shade, cast shadows, tonal groupings and aerial perspective.

Those watercolourists who work from light to dark know that the darks do the damage.

When everything flows into place ? washes dry tonally correct, crisp and sparkling, the light scheme is sound and the "accidentals" are all happy ones ? I'm temporarily in a euphoric state.

Writing is a dog’s life, but the only one worth living.

If your vision is great, you become great.

Cyberspace is the funhouse mirror of our own society.

From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Before there were unions, there was no middle class.

If the Sun exploded, we wouldn't know about it for 8 minutes and 20 seconds. Light and gravity take that long to reach us. Then we would vaporize.

If called by a panther, don't anther.

You don't want to just do a joke because it works - we can make a lot of jokes work - you want to do a joke because it will hopefully build into an argument.

Eat for nutrition and food value. Emphasize natural foods, avoid processed foods and eliminate junk entirely.

The profound difference that divides the human race is a question of bait - whether to fish with worms or not.