God made man because he loves to hear stories, Alessandro said. That's a good story, huh?

There is nothing more lonely than a true artist.

Identity is your role in life, the part you play. Individuality is who you are, and who you are is revealed to you if you can get to complete presence.

Have some fun while you wait for the will of heaven.

Life is absolutely, mysteriously beautiful.

Books are in the mind, Grandfather Alessandro said. Too many books and you forget your body is in the world.

Every time you hear a car alarm, Ruby said, another New Yorker has gone to hell.

I was wounded by a blow of love.

If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first."This is another way of saying that if you have two important tasks before you, start with the biggest, hardest, and most important task first.

Witches, warlocks, gremlins, orgres - they're just words, labels. Haven't you noticed that when people are labelled, their faces disappear?

Never lie in bed at night asking yourself questions you can't answer.

If you want to change your art, change your habits.

Life is too short not to enjoy as much of it as you can

In the aftermath of any war or genocide, healing and reconciliation are ultimate aspirations.

What transpires for the least significant member transpires at once for the whole.

FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.

So it's like the underground world no longer exists economically cause they're not giving money back to their supporting artists.

I was in the New Zealand army for like four years, the exact period of when it was on the air, so I never saw it.