Commit to finding the true nature of art. Go for that thing no one can teach you.

What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to become in the bigger scheme of things.

I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.

Identity is an assemblage of constellations.

We spend so much time bantering about the words when the real open conversations might very well be our actions. I worry about our rhetoric.

You can't teach talent. You can't teach inspiration. You can teach people critical facilities. You can give them techniques. You can teach discipline. And you can teach them about the business.

Each person has a literature inside them.

Hope is when you look out the window and you go, 'It doesn't look good at all, but I'm going to go beyond what I see to give people visions of what could be.'

Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.

Be more than ready. Be present in your discipline. Remember your gift. Be grateful for your gift and treat it like a gift. Cherish it, take care of it, and pass it on.

You've heard that old expression from Shakespeare, 'Just speak the speech'? The words themselves will take you to the reality of the character. And so this led me to interview people.

A writer is never alone

Meditation gives clear understanding about body and brain interface with consciousness

Those who are too arrogant to say thank you find boredom in life. They are often depressed, unhappy and lived an empty life.

A positive can always be found in anything that is faced as long as the correct attitude can be maintained.

It's too bad we're not all teddy bears. More stuffing would only make us cuter and cuddlier.

It is the duty of the followers of Islam to spread through the civilised world, a knowledge of what Islam means - its spirit and message.

Boxers are hot, and by boxers I mean guys who box, not the underwear. So get rid of 'em!

No. But then the American Government--whatever branch--has never really grasped the concept of tribal identity.

Let's call a spade a spade - a lot of times when you are a vegetarian it is a just not very effective eating disorder.

I can conceive of no greater, more romantic and interesting adventure than to undertake to live like Jesus in this complicated day.