Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too.

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.

It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.

When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas.

You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid.

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.

You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.

I think that every person has many, many people inside of them. We change our personality depending on who we are talking to or what situation we are in.

I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others.

My job as an artist, as I see it, is to understand and in some cases to take on various ways of thinking about people and the world that are different from my own, sometimes radically different.

The denial of Christ has less to do with facts and more to do with the bent of what a person is prejudiced to conclude.

So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.

I sing against emotional dictatorships, and against the imposition of one person over another, in the name of love.

Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy... and a few friendships too.

With all of the hysteria, all of the fear, all of the phony science, could it be that man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people? It sure sounds like it.

In reality, there are no enemies; we're all souls in growth, waking up

Don't let anyone else take the measure of your worth and capabilities. Always stand proud in who you are!

Part of why I love Greek food so much is that it is simple, but it's unpretentious. It's authentic.

Apparently the Dutch now prided themselves on being better at queues than the English, which was absurd, because standing cheerfully in line was the English national sport.

Really Love itself is the extract of the whole Knowledge, it is written that in last synthesis the Wisdom can be reduced into Love, and the Love into Happiness.