It's a great life, and Margaret and I are going to stay put above the Arctic Circle where we're happy.

I had no idea that things would change so rapidly, so drastically.

Canada's Far North is where I knew I had to go.

I figure I'm still good for painting until 95 or thereabouts.

Faith is a great gift to have.

It all came back to human time and utterly human impulses: in the end, gods did not appreciate godlike power, but humans did.

I love social media. I love the connectivity it provides, the creativity it allows, and the breathtaking wealth of information we all have at our fingertips because of it.

Every dude in your high school wasn't striving to be the best poet because then he'd get all the girls, right? But you could imagine a society in which that were the case.

Three highballs, and I think I'm St. Francis of Assisi.

Eventually light prevails, you just have to be patient. So practice Buddhism, learn to be enlightened, put a smile on your face, go find a great teacher, meditate, and stay funny.

I often plagiarize from myself. I like to think of this as ecological journalism: I recycle.

You can't embrace your whole life if you're shut down. I found out that I can't just run away and shut down. I'm losing the rest of my life doing that.

A joyous little creature, so beautiful, It was as if a gate of Heaven opened as she came in.

We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.