Gardening is the greatest tonic and therapy a human being can have. Even if you have only a tiny piece of earth, you can create something beautiful, which we all have a great need for. If we begin by respecting plants, it's inevitable we'll respect people.

I hope for better things, and I thank God the world is also full of people who want to be genuine and kind.

I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously -

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.

Laughing is the best calorie burner.

And...I think that's what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers.