(In schools) There is an emphasis on doing things right rather on doing the right things.

(We need) leadership that is tough enough to demand a great deal from everyone, and leadership that is tender enough to encourage the heart.

The heart and soul of school culture is what people believe, the assumptions they make about how school works.

Systems of schooling are over managed and under led.

(Wallace) Stevens turns to the idea of the weather precisely as the religious man turns to the idea of God.

Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.

I love working with actors. I grew up with a lot of actors. All my friends are actors. I love that process.

The best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are.

The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.

There is something silly about grown men and women striving to reduce their vision of themselves and of civilization to bean counting.

I've always had an affinity for growing things.

Taxpayers should not be coerced into giving up their privacy rights just to file their taxes.

I'm a Pisces - emotional.

Gardening is an active participation in The deepest mysteries of the universe.