My first career was as a coach and a teacher.

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.

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

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.

If I lie down on my bed I must be here, But if I lie down in my grave I may be elsewhere.

Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

I'm thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people's lives.

One of the reasons some people get so angry with me is because I have the space now that a lot of others who think like me don't.

We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.

Some must follow and some command, through all are made oclay.

There are still times I feel unhappy and I must smile, and there are times I want to cry and I must laugh... people rarely see the real Marvin Gaye

Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one 's own heart.)

An emotion is suggested and demolished in one glance by certain words.

We say that we care about the war, but we don't even really know what we're fighting for.