The standard approach has been to pump up the dosage of chemicals ... Twenty percent of these approved-for-use pesticides are listed by the EPA as carcinogenic in humans.

Arterial-plaque specials that save minutes now can cost years, later on.

Now I'm starting to think he wasn't supposed to be my whole life, he was just this doorway to me.

Perhaps growing up meant we put our knives away and feigned ignorance of the damage.

Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa.

In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.

Because I write fiction that is based in the real world, it's going to lead people into some of the modern dilemmas and concerns and even catastrophes that they will think about in a new way.