My mind's a machine gun, my body's the bullets and the audience is the target.

My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs.

My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English.

Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic.

Death is a very important part of life.

My body is the rock and roll temple and my flesh, blood and body fluids are a communion to the people whether they like it or not

My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.

It's not so much wanting to die, but controlling that moment, choosing your own way.

There's such a fierce intense fire burning inside of me, so much that it just wants to explode.

Everybody picks up on the sensational things, but no one really gets it.

If I wasn't a musician, I would be a serial killer.

If people are good because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

In this world of Maya, which is averse to the Lord, full of trials and tribulations, only patience, humility and respect for others are our friends for Hari bhajana.

I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.

When I started writing my stories, I thought that not only nobody outside my language, but nobody outside my neighbourhood would get them.

Making pictures, for an actress, is like betting, for a gambler. Each time you make a picture you try to analyze why you won or lost.

Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use, and the regular exercise of choosing kindness over cruelty would change us.

The success of this album is very much in question. Who knows where it's going to go? My being a Spice Girl is no guarantee of anything, although I hope it'll benefit the sales.

Other things equal, a life filled with complex flow activities is more worth living than one spent consuming passive entertainment.

To face death itself should not daunt you. Fear of death is ridiculous, because as long as you are not dead you are alive, and when you are dead there is noting more to worry about!