Gardening requires lots of water... most of it in the form of perspiration.

We will all be better citizens when voting records of our Congressmen are followed as carefully as scores of pro-football games.

Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking.

It's been the same since caveman days, this game of love - they just changed the trumps from clubs to diamonds.

The things that have made America great are being subverted for the things that make Americans rich.

I also dress up as a sexy fairy.

I was never a fan of anything, and yet some people are fans of my books. That's a bit odd. But I like meeting them.

I had this great urge... I had it the day I was born. Some may call it destiny. My parents and friends called it dismaying.

Our God is known for His compassion for the needy; let us be known for it as well.

I don't answer the phone. I get the feeling whenever I do that there will be someone on the other end.

In the business world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes, governed by self interest.

I think you either get along with Lars [von Trier] or you really don't and I really got along with him. I wasn't scared because I talked to Bryce Dallas Howard about Lars.

He is not in the least arrogant. The last album was written in a room in Sussex. He was like a mad professor, spending all day writing and then coming out with brilliant tunes.

I mean yeah, your individual style is your impression to the world.

My commitment to a humane and peaceful world continues to this day.