[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.

I'm looking for something that gives me a chance to stretch. Because I have my own work, and I can do anything I want in my own work - juggle, tap dance, anything I want.

There's a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don't really do with your family.

My whole life had been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God's presence, the kind of transcendent, magical experience that lets you see your place in the big picture. And that is what I had with my first [compost] heap.

I don't like violence. I get sick from violence. Do you think people are excited by violence?

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.

If you're frightened, you're out of luck.