Zen is a special transmission outside the Canonical Scriptures; it does not depend upon texts.

In Judo, he who thinks is immediately thrown.

In Judo, he who thinks is immediately thrown. Victory is assured to the combatant who is both physically and mentally nonresistant.

Reality is where we are from moment to moment.

I wrestled through many sleepless nights after God became real to me. I can only describe this period of my life as 2 years of mental agony.

We walked on the moon. We made footprints somewhere no one else had ever made footprints, and unless someone comes and rubs them out, those footprints will be there forever because there’s no wind.

Living things are creations, masterpieces. All Life Matters!

I've always thought it nonsense to believe something true simply because it was written in a book long ago.

When I get excited about a character, I'll start doing things as the character and thinking about what the character would do.

Always, your work is the same: You have to tell a story, you have to make a character. It doesn't matter if there are thousands of dollars, millions behind it, or if there is nothing.

The hijacking of an American jet in Athens looms larger in our concern than the parent who kills a child, even though the one happens rarely, and the other happens daily.

I believe that when we love someone, we respect them, and we listen to them; we feel that their voice matters. And- we let them dictate the terms of who they are and what their story is.

Since I went no grasse hath growne on my hele.

For me, if the music is good, whether the artist is famous or unknown, I love being part of the music and contributing what I can to the bass end.