“I don't argue things being spiritual vs scientific, because I've never met anyone who knows enough about either to be convincing--including myself.”

“By bringing a soulful consciousness to gardening sacred space can be created outdoors.”

“Regardless of geographical region or culture gardening is perhaps the most common and shared experience of Nature.”

“The more I work with Nature and totemism, the more church is everywhere.”

“We're all latchkey kids a threshold from peace.”

“That we don't remember the beginning or the ending of dreams is our unconscious reminding us that it's all about the process.”

“Neither care too much nor too little about the feedback of others.”

“Theres a widespread belief that if you have solid self-esteem you dont need outside affirmation and praise. This is patently untrue, by the way.”

“Having instant feedback on twitter to research material I'm considering is an enormous help.”

“Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to land, where the notes are read and then possibly cherished, or else misint...”

“A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him.”

“As a young man just beginning to publish some short fiction in the t&a magazines, I was fairly optimistic about my chances of getting published; I knew that I had some game, as the basketball playe...”