Love's a recurring theme through my work.

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.

I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them.

There's a power in words. There's a power in being able to explain and describe and articulate what you know and feel and believe about the world, and about yourself.

At this point in my life Id like to live as if only love mattered.

So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul.

We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.

I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am.

Why do babies starve /When there's enough food to feed the world /Why when there's so many of us /Are there people still alone

We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person.

He who would confine his thought to present time will not understand present reality.

Communication is not about the sender or receiver

When a man jumps out of a ten-story building, he doesn't break the law of gravity, he demonstrates it.

It's a treat being a runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell you what to do.

Being hove to in a long gale is the most boring way of being terrified I know.

Most birds are geniuses. We had one that became a pet; he learned to talk, use tools and solve problems.

I must confess that I'm not a great reader. At the moment I'm reading my son's 'Stig of the Dump' by Clive King and I've got a plant catalogue on the go.

The fly that touches honey cannot use it's wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it's freedom and hinders contemplation.

Every day in Pittsburgh five million people travel across bridges that either need to be replaced or undergo major repairs.

President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office