I serve like a bridge. I go to other cultures, learn, put myself in different situations and learn as much as I can, and then go to Western cultures to give. I'm doing this bridging all the time.

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

I think communication starts when words are not present at all ... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important.

Theatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.

Because we never stop silently loving those who we once loved out loud

I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.

True love for whatever you are doing is the answer to everything.

A great artist has to be ready to fail.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

When you have so much pain, you think you will lose consciousness. If you say to yourself, ‘So what, lose consciousness,’ the pain goes away.

If we go for the easy way, then we never change.

When ordinary people pray, extraordinary things can happen.

* What we do to others, we do to ourselves.

There is nothing for you to go back and live over, or fix, or feel regret about now. Every part of your life has unfolded just right.

I love Hank Williams. Who doesn't love Hank Williams? So my choices are not that surprising.

I always know I can die at any moment.

Salt is white and pure - there is something holy in salt.

I've had to do a lot of growing quickly for my career and owning that I'm the boss. I used to play every single one of the roles and now I have to remember that I'm the boss.

Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding.

Let us not be defeated by the tyranny of the world financial markets that threaten peace and democracy everywhere.

We know that it is possible to harness desire to many interests, that evil is one form of a desire, and not the nature of it.