I'm torn about late parenting. I believe people should spend their twenties living and having fun and not having any regrets later. I also think people in their thirties generally make better parents but so many of my friends are having trouble - myself included - as fathers get older.

I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.

Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out.

Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.

Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.

I am following Nature without being able to grasp her I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

I'm concentrating on staying healthy having peace being happy remembering what is important taking in nature and animals spending time reading trying to understand the universe where science and the spiritual meet.

Having contemplated this admirable grove I proceeded towards the shrubberies on the banks of the river and though it was now late in December the aromatic groves appeared in full bloom.

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry getting the music out of the way and having only words the spoken word and then see what happens.