One of the first issues I dealt with was the struggle to find a language, to find my own words.

My starting point was the search for my identity in foreign places, in places where I am estranged from myself.

If we have too much clarity, we might not be compelled to continue searching for new ideas.

For me, staying in place might mean staying with my own thoughts, even if the body keeps traveling. I might be experiencing new things, but I'm also here, with myself.

When I first started working it was as if I didn't understand myself. The fact that I didn't understand myself was tied up with not understanding where I came from, where I began.

I never give too much thought to the idea of universality.

One gets wrapped up in reacting to ones own reputation, which can be a kind of trap.

I am a socialist, so I am not worried about socialism. I am worried about dictators who are putting everyone into a socialist state for their own benefit.

When I visit new places, I like to see the markets.

Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.

The more we train a man to labor, deliberate, dictate and demand over the inconsequential, the less capable his mind becomes of holding that of consequence.

You don't have to be like most people around you, because most people never become truly rich and wealthy.

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reasoning.

Seek ye not riches, seek but the society of good men.

I said some words to the close and holy darkness and then I slept.

The deeper you get into the playoffs, obviously the better the opponent is. Which means they'll be better defensively, they'll rebound better, they don't turn the ball over.

I feel like blue jeans are kind of too 'country' for me.

So much is filtered by pop music today, because the music industry is driven by single, single, single, single, the next single, not the nurturing of artists and that kind of thing.

You can't get too attached to any one shampoo. And conditioner, also.