There are far too many self esteem problems in the world as it is. No sense taking on plant guilt, too.

Be pleased with your real garden, don't persue the perfection of a picture. What you see in a photo lasted only as long as the shutter snap.

If you cut a shrub back because it's just too big, and it dies, you haven't lost anything but a plant that couldn't live by your rules.

We blame Walt Disney for goldenrod's undeserved bad name. Despite Sneezy's pronouncement, plants such as goldenrod with heavy, insect-carried pollen rarely cause allergic reaction.

Don't design your back yard from the outside looking in. Design from your window looking out.

There's no "right way" to garden, only what suits each person and place.

Happiness comes from growing what thrives, not merely survives.

If a bush is too big, don't ask "should I?" Go ahead and cut it. If it lives, great. If it dies, replace it with something better suited!

Gardeners in regions with very long summer days have a great opportunity, and should use more of the cool colors that literally glow in the low light of morning and evening.

If someone says "You're not doing that right," hand him the shovel, sit and watch. That's the right way to garden.

You can put a gardener behind the wheel, but you can't keep her eyes off the landscape.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

I only need a mirror to see a sinner.

I am as drunk as a lord, but then, I am one, so what does it matter ?

The last thing that we find in making a book is to know what we must put first.

I don't like the same old thing all the time.

The only people who put iced tea in Jack Daniel's bottles is the Clash baby!

Two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is that if we are not beautiful to each other, we cannot know beauty in any form.

When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.

Understanding human nature. Perception. That's how I see acting - perception and communication.

You play ensemble things that you had no idea you were going to play two minutes before.