Just 8% of the $409bn spent on fossil-fuel subsidies in 2010 went to the poorest 20% of the population.

Energy markets can be thought of as suffering from appendicitis due to fossil fuel subsidies. They need to be removed for a healthy energy economy.

Energy is significantly underpriced in many parts of the world, leading to wasteful consumption, price volatility and fuel smuggling. It's also undermining the competitiveness of renewables.

We need a universally accepted definition of reserves reporting.

Until we heal the root cause of our suffering, and awaken to our true nature, our inherent confusion will continue to manifest itself in the world around us.

The only things you can ever truly own cannot be bought with money.

Make your skin as thick as you are able to, for your career. Keep it as thin as you can tolerate, for your art.

Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life.

American democracy is in grave danger from the changes in the environment in which ideas either live and spread or wither and die.

I wanted to make connections between Whale's past and present.

I can hear my heart beating. I can hear my stomach growling. I can hear my teeth grinding and my joints creaking. My body's so noisy, I can't sleep.

The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility.

Bert Williams was the funniest man I ever saw and the saddest man I ever knew.

It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.