A lot of people into Tool, for some reason, are not interested in humor.

Beliefs are dangerous. Beliefs allow the mind to stop functioning. A non-functioning mind is clinically dead. Believe in nothing.

A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral.

This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality. Embrace this moment, remember: we are eternal all this pain is an illusion.

Life is too short not to create something with every breath we draw.

People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to Wal-Mart, so be it.

Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability To lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here

Desert, in generally, is a very good place to find yourself. Or lose yourself.

Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.

If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common.

The trick is to use the drugs once to get there, and maybe spend the next ten years trying to get back there without the drug.

If you are looking for true happiness, you have to change your level of consciousness and deepness of awareness.

We need days of failure because they help humble us, and through them we can see how God's grace is poured out on the humble.

One great pleasure of being a writer is possessing the power to determine the fate of my characters and how the story will end.

I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film, I really feel that I was not the director but instead just a member of the audience.

There is no visible sign that the current politicians in the US are willing to see the need for change.

I have done some formal acting training, because I sucked at acting when I first got to Los Angeles. I'm still one of the worst actors and auditions out there.

They read all the books, but they can't find the answers.

It is better to be un-informed than ill-informed.

We are born by accident into a purely random universe.

Like, Jay Z has some of the sickest lyrics ever, but I would never buy his CD, just because of my age and because of his age. By the time I turn that old, I ain't gonna be doing what he's doing.