The world doesn't need an artist who shows reality as it is

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

I think communication starts when words are not present at all ... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important.

Theatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.

Because we never stop silently loving those who we once loved out loud

I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.

True love for whatever you are doing is the answer to everything.

A great artist has to be ready to fail.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

When you have so much pain, you think you will lose consciousness. If you say to yourself, ‘So what, lose consciousness,’ the pain goes away.

If we go for the easy way, then we never change.

Reading was a joy, a desperately needed escape -- I didn't read to learn, I was reading to read.

How do you feel when you read stuff written by dead authors? A visit by a ghost?

No matter how deep the whale swims, it will always surface.

Kiss me again, Cowboy

My kids used to do things to aggravate me, too. I'd take them to a game, and they'd want to come home with a different player.

If you want to really know higher dimensions of life, there needs to be a constant sense of peacefulness and joyfulness within you

Usually I do everything reverse. I practice something in movies and then I try it in real life.

Artists are interpreters for us of richness and meaning. Artists can reinforce a healthy sense of God's grandeur and nearness.

Values determine behavior; Principles determine the consequences of behavior.

In a word, the consumer of mass culture is lonely, not only lonely, but spiritually impoverished.