I thought I should make a place to bring light down into this world. All things that become realities start in that place of someone imagining them.

Often I'll go outside and just place my hands on the soil, even if there's no work to do on it. When I am filled with worries, I do that and I can feel the energy of the mountains and of the trees.

Time is what we have in this life, and how we use it determines what our life is.

I think all people want freedom, but they've got this idea inserted into their head about money.

Why is it that so many people start to value money so much that they trade in most of the hours and years of their life in order to get it?

If you don't have a whole lot of unsatisfied people, the economy stops dead, doesn't it?

My goal is to draw a line with some 'flavor' to it.

I finally understood that I couldn’t avoid working to provide for myself, but that can also be a wonderfulthing, a beautiful thing.

They have taken the idea of nonharming, of gentleness toward the earth, to a very radical level. Even the weeds are not enemies.

She was so alone. Dead to the world. No one to love. No one who loved her.

I need a man with a good sense of humor and a kind heart.

It should surprise no one that the life of the writer - such as it is - is colorless to the point of sensory deprivation. Many writers do little else but sit in small rooms recalling the real world.

The daughter of debate That still discord doth sow.

Every time I see a guy walk out of an over-the-top sports car, I think they need a cold shower.

I'm not calling for a boycott on voting. But I think it should be very clear that just voting is not going to solve our problems.

You take something from your past that you're somewhat ashamed about and you write about it from another character's point of view.

I think we have a great track record on being relevant, on identifying consumer trends, needs and wants.

Etiquette is the ceremonial code of polite life, more voluminous and minute in each portion of society according to its rank.

My motto has always been that anybody can do it better than me.