Dreaming is easy. Creativity is a lot of work.

When it comes to the core of who we are, it takes incredible effort to shift more than one standard deviation from the mean of your life.

My son hit his head on a couch and pushed it away. He never went near that couch again. It is amazing what and 1 year old boy can teach you about life.

For some strange reason I get some of my brightest ideas on the toilet seat, with my clothes on.

Three people I take their words with a grain of salt: a person in love, a drunk and an insurance agent. They never really mean exactly what they say.

If I knew what I know today, years ago, I wouldn’t change a thing about anything. I would not have appreciated what I know today if it hadn’t been for what I didn’t know.

For every writer, there is a challenge of time that is only magnified in the solitude of the work.

I have found that there is indeed a secret to a happy marriage. It is called perspective.

We'd rather have a grand spectacle of retribution of the 'wicked', than their silent walk towards redemption that our wishes questions the depth and nature of our love and hearts.

Confident in spirit, courageous in soul.

Who should play the lead role in a film about me? Dunno. Danny De Vito? Jeff Goldblum? Meryl Streep? Someone of that kind.

The doubters are always more blessed than the mere fellow travelers in faith. For they are the only ones who fully learn that their Lord is stronger than any doubt and any hell of despair.

What happens tomorrow is but the shadow of thoughts we held today.

It's funny, I think after you are a star like Sting and you no longer think you need any guidance or aid - it would be great to see those stars work with other songwriters.

We all know the power of film; we all know there's almost nothing more powerful than to see people on film that look and talk like you, like we do.

The secret of our success on planet Earth is space. Lots of it. Our solar system is a tiny island of activity in an ocean of emptiness.

Detente - isn't that what a farmer has with his turkey - until Thanksgiving?

Buddhas continue to live on through their teachings as dharma bodies. Their spirits become manifest in the sangha (spiritual community) where their teachings are passed on.