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.

The people who are out to destroy the environment think they're going to get away with it. Are they breathing different air than we're breathing? Are they eating different food? I mean, where do they think they're going to go? What do they think is going to be better than what they have destroyed? I just don't get it.

I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.

My daughter very independent. But if she's upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She's great - a real tough cookie.

When my daughter was younger we showed her all the great musicals. And the great dramas and great comedies, and the one that she took to the most was Some Like It Hot.

Most people don't deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.

The inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling.