I'm a very spiritual person. And it affects my work greatly.

I think it's really important to follow your intuition and gut, and try not to do things just for the sake of pleasing other people.

Having a camera is a really easy and quick way to indulge in your creative side.

Everything is energy. It's physics. So I find the science of it all interesting; how 90% of stuff that's in our universe is made of stuff that we can't even measure. I find that fascinating.

I think what's important is to first have your life and then do your job.

People can have all the expectations that they want, but I know that you never know what's going to happen in life. Everything is part of the journey.

Everybody feels like a freak in some way at some time in their life. Or feels on the outside. And everybody is worthy of love.

I certainly would never want to be normal. When people say, "You're weird," I usually take it as a compliment.

I think what scares people about not being normal is being ostracized for not being like other people. And that's hurtful when that happens.

A lot of times, just because people are different, they're judged. I try not to let that concern me. But sometimes it can be hurtful, because I do feel judged sometimes for being a little different.

Nobody spends any money on smallpox unless they worry about a bio-terrorist recreating it.

You have all these plans to act, and maybe do it rather elegantly, and then they turn the rain machine on.

For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness and strength.

I'm a nerd. Total geek. I never went to homecoming or prom or anything.

People think I'm crazy because I travel too much, but I haven't been doing any of that lately because I got a little sick this year and I've tried to take care of it.

Worship is our response to what we value most. As a result, worship fuels our actions, becoming the driving force of all we do.

You can actually make a lot of money and do a lot of good in the world. I don't see those things as being in opposition to one another. I never have.

I don't write science fiction. I've only done one science fiction book and that's Fahrenheit 451, based on reality. Science fiction is a depiction of the real. Fantasy is a depiction of the unreal.

No. We breathe. We pulse. We regenerate. Our hearts beat. Our minds create. Our souls ingest. 37 seconds, well used, is a lifetime.

The gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds.