Literally, if someone says I am grounded, everyday I am at home, I actually have my hands in the ground and dirt under my fingernails. I don't have a staff to do it all for me. I still plant a seed and I'm amazed it grows.

We've lost touch and allowed technology to take precedence over organic nature. But let's not forget that those microchips in our computers came from elements of the earth.

All the crap that we've encumbered our lives with, it's really meaningless.

Writing is a lonely job, unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.

We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us-that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect.

I'm not a Luddite, but I'm outside more than I'm on my computer. We have a micro-farm - it's a step up from a garden. We have a pretty extensive vineyard. We grow about 60 percent of our own food, make our own wine, have chickens for eggs.

In the current climate, we live in a pessimistic and non-idealistic world.