For me, heaven would be a lack of alienation. The whole time I was growing up, I felt comfort was inherently evil. I think that, for me, heaven isn't about couches and milk shakes and never having a troubling thought again.

To me, the idea of heaven would give you certain pleasures, certain joys - but it's very important to have an intellectual understanding of why you want those things.

I think understanding is the way to gain perspective - and therefore can live among those hideous realities. You can live with them.

I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.