The world other than as advertised can be an amazing place.

I don't want enlightenment, I want him. Sorry Buddha, I loved him more than you.

Don't ask me when I first mastered the obvious.

I am moonlighting for the Buddha.

Your fear of letting go prevents you from letting go of your fear of letting go.

Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of Americas brittle and mutating id.

Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.

Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.

When you notice light seeping into your coffin, it's hard to go on pretending that you're still dead.

To a Buddhist, contradictions only exist in a mind that has been forced to cultivate them.

There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels.

Nowadays, it's hard to find the best horror and to be interesting and to be afraid of it!

By his deeds we know a man.

Nature's Laws are the invisible government of the earth.

I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.

It's difficult to see yourself up on screen without being a critic.

I would love it if my book was considered chick-lit or a beach read. That would be great. People would buy my book.

Human passions unbridled by morality and religion...would break the stronges cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net.

Escapism has value, even if I don't know what its value is, exactly. Maybe it's just part of some healthy way that we deal with the world.

I cry, Love! Love! Love! happy happy Love! free as the mountain wind!