By seeing how small the world is, I realize how capable I am. I can conquer anything. Anywhere. Anyone.

Sometimes you have to go a little crazy before you can find sanity. I think I'm close.

Tattoos are a permanent commitment of passion

Negative experiences repeat as long as they remain useful to you.

This conversation with myself has an overwhelming aroma of narcissism.

If you're not creating, you're disintegrating.

People add color to their story because they think it happened in black and white.

The more I accomplish, the more I know I'm capable of accomplishing.

God loves a prayer of action.

I have a brother who has been overseas for two tours. I've been very fortunate that he has come home safely. Whether or not you support the war, always support our soldiers.

If you think of spiritual practice as unpleasant work - it is not spiritual practice as I know it.

The beauty of getting older is the surprise of what else you can do to make the world a better place with the wisdom that you've accrued over those years.

Having no talent is no longer enough.

I’ve learned what ‘classical’ means. It means something that sings and dances through sheer joy of existence.

Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and how they are doing it. You have to practically participate, I think, in order to develop yourself.

Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work!

I've always been a little bit more of a novel reader than a short story reader. I think the first books that made me want to be a writer were novels.

I love how you can shoot a movie in a month or two or three of four, and it's this encapsulated story that you box up and ship out into the world, and what it is, is what it is.