Often how you define the problem will determine whether or not you're able to find a real solution.

Quiet is the element of discerning what is essential.

I'm in love with Earth. I truly am. And so listening is not work, to work toward a better future. It's joy. To not be able to work toward a better future would be work. That would be tough.

When you listen to nature, it may still be difficult to live a life, but it's inspiring.

I would say that to listen is to become aware. To become truly informed. You will discover whatever you do.

Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10, 000 extras in the scene - but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers.

Why talk about sculpture when I can photograph it?

I'm Not a Gynecologist, but I'll take a Look.

To be blessed is to live in gratitude, so that God can fulfill you forever.

You might be a redneck if Exxon and Conoco have offered you royalties for your hair.

Thou shalt not steal the shekels of thine audience with a play which doth not let them know what the hell goeth on.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

We Irish are born dreamers; sometimes we never wake up at all, and then we're counted failures.

Falconer's grasp of period and places is almost flawless ... He's my kind of writer.

We learned sexual technique from our dog. He taught how to beg, and he taught my wife how to roll over and play dead.