I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort.

On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans and sneakers.

Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.

I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.

In the end only kindness matters.

I may not be able to pull on the smallest of holds, but those I can pull on I can pull on all day long.

Live your life with love and bravery and you shall lead a life uncommon.

I consider myself a product of Alaska. The love and the debt that I feel to my home state, you always want your hometown to be the proudest of you.

I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.

Reality is what you believe it to be. It's what you put your thought and energy into, because your hands physically manifest thought. So your world becomes what you feel and what you think.

I don't see the world unless I see it in ink.

I live on remnants of dreams

The catastrophe now threatening us is unprecedented - and we often confuse the unprecedented with the improbable.

In fact, the whole of mythology could be taken as a sort of projection of the collective unconscious

There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder.

For the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.

The imagination is like a muscle: it strengthens through use.

You control the terms of the conflict. Make them play your game. Don't try to play theirs.

Well, what I want them to know is, just like John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa, that's the kind of spirit that I have, too.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.

It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose.