Sometimes you have to go a little crazy before you can find sanity. I think I'm close.

Tattoos are a permanent commitment of passion

By seeing how small the world is, I realize how capable I am. I can conquer anything. Anywhere. Anyone.

Negative experiences repeat as long as they remain useful to you.

This conversation with myself has an overwhelming aroma of narcissism.

If you're not creating, you're disintegrating.

People add color to their story because they think it happened in black and white.

The more I accomplish, the more I know I'm capable of accomplishing.

... that kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations ...

Logic is neither a science nor an art but a dodge.

When I travel too much, it affects the music, and that is the most important thing. As long as I make good music, I can play shows, but if the music starts getting bad, the show offers won't come.

Lack of forgiveness of others breeds lack of self-forgiveness.

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha

The North Sea was supposed to run out in the 1980s. Then in the 1990s. And now production is still on-line.

So the story goes, so I'm told The people he knew were Less than golden hearted Gamblers and robbers Drinkers and jokers, all soul searchers Like you and me

Our work must remain open and transparent so that we hear the voices of all

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.

We must seek to be intellectually inclusive, just as we seek to be culturally inclusive. Ideas come and go - that's what makes a free society so vital.