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 do look upon all of life as an episode - which is why the people around me are probably on guard!

My mother would only let us go to the musicals.

If I don't feel right about what I'm in, I don't feel right about anything.

Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD's on and hit play and random things come out.

I'm mad about God! That's why I'm divine.

In a marriage, you struggle and struggle and struggle, and then you realize that you have to ride the horse in the direction it's going. You stop trying to pull the reins in another direction.