..to change something you do not understand is the true nature of evil.

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy.

Art can make a difference because it pulls people up short. It says, don't accept things for their face value; you don't have to go along with any of this; you can think for yourself.

I don't know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head are like voices underwater. They are distorted.

I felt like a seed in a pomegranate. Some say that the pomegranate was the real apple of Eve, fruit of the womb, I would eat my way into perdition to taste you.

Happiness is a specific. Misery is a generalization. People usually know exactly why they are happy. They very rarely know why they are miserable.

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that you'll never find it, seemed a perfect metaphor for life.

I find pieces of myself everywhere, and I cut myself handling them.

Do you fall in love often?" Yes often. With a view, with a book, with a dog, a cat, with numbers, with friends, with complete strangers, with nothing at all.

I would eat my way into perdition to taste you.

Life cannot be calculated. That's the big mistake our civilization made. We never accepted that randomness is not a mistake in the equation -- it is part of the equation.

Somewhere inside you, I hope you know who you are. I hope you know what you are. I hope you know that you're powerful. We need you.

You can't wait around for something to become good, it either is, or isn't.

Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.

Slow thinking has the feeling of something you do. It's deliberate.

Reading. That was the sport I was good at.

The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some.

and each of his voices left his body in a different colored soul and floated up towards the sun still singing.

I was always incredibly driven and found it impossible to relax. I felt that if I slacked off for a minute to enjoy myself, then so many things would be missed.

The voice will always be heard, even if the song is very different.

I've won many awards and I want more. If you want to call it hunger then I'm hungry for awards.