Fire walking is an act of faith. I don't know why it works. I don't know why people don't die doing it. I found it very exhilarating.

You know the expression, "It's not personal; it's business." We sneer at such rot. All business is personal, all the time.

Mistletoe, the same plant you kiss under at holiday time, may be an effective aid against certain types of cancer.

On the other side of the spirit veil, I spend more than a little bit of time researching the hallucinogens. I personally believe ayahuasca is also the greatest natural healing agent, period.

A man doesn't need a study to know if he's feeling amorous. There is no such thing as a placebo erection.

Coffee, one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world, contains a plethora of naturally-occurring compounds, including several classes of antioxidants.

While there are a great many agents in nature which boost libido and enhance sexual function, chocolate alone actually promotes the brain chemistry of being in love.

Every herbalist has their favorite plant. Mine is Rhodiola rosea.

As state and local laws mutate and change in favor of greater tolerance, perhaps cannabis will find it's proper place in the home medicine chest.

You need to understand plant chemistry, be inured to discomfort and awesomely flexible. When something breaks down-the plane, the boat, you just have to roll with it.

People in the U.S. are more cranked up on pharmaceutical drugs than any other culture in the world today. I want people using safer medicine. And that means plant medicine.

Take only actions that matter

This morning I woke up, how blessed I am Eyes to see, a voice to speak Words to read and love to feel? If this isn't something to be thankful for, I'm not sure what is.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

Truly compassionate action arises spontaneously without thought and is carried out in real action with no anticipation of reward and, indeed, no concept of a doer of that action.

With each passing minute comes the chance to dream, create and inspire

You know, people make a lot of money talking about me, don't they?

Hollywood is the same as any other place when it comes to love, marriage, and divorce ... some people have trouble staying married and some people have trouble staying single.

Every filmmaker's different, every filmmaker has a different approach.

[Death:] The one inexorable thing!

The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people to look down upon.