Writing is about freedom. It may become precious and fleeting at any time. Don't let anybody shackle down your wings with doubt.

Energy moves in waves. Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms. A human being is just that energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. Nothing more. Nothing less. A dance.

Don't be afraid to show your light.. If it ends up being too much for people.. tell them to wear sunglasses!

The fastest way to still the mind is to move the body

Between the head and feet of any given person is a billion miles of unexplored wilderness.

You just have to determine to settle for nothing less than being FULLY ALIVE, to show up, be who you are, and share your gifts.

Dancing, singing, storytelling and silence are the four universal healing salves.

Allow your passion to become your purpose, and it will one day become your profession.

Put your body in motion and your psyche will heal itself.

Remember that you have a choice in what you see. If you choose to see a person's darkness, you strengthen your darkness within. If you choose to see their light, you shine from the inside out.

The key to serenity is trusting that the universe has your back.

Pray for strength to persevere.

adulthood is depressing. for me at least. i cried at the death of every illusion harder than i cried at the death of friends.

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.

I remain instinctively hostile to communitarian philosophy and communitarian politics.

If you want to make movies you need to think on a micro-micro level and figure out how to make them for nothing with people who really care about your movie and really want to make it.

We must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing.

It isn't necessary to be socialists in order to love Pertini. Whatever he says or does, smells of cleanliness, of loyalty and of sincerity.

People from the most horrendous of childhoods can have good lives, but it comes down to a very seemingly simple word. 'Choice.'

In Alabama this would be a capital case, and if we don't get justice in Australia we're going to pursue the death penalty here