I am convinced that in the arts, committees are useless.

Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality.

I disliked singing in English and neither liked the story nor the character of Cressida.

The one who falls and gets up is stronger than the one who never tried. Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.

A positive attitude will stimulate creative thinking and constructive problem-solving.

Mountains and rivers at this very moment are the actualization of the world of the ancient Buddhas. Each, abiding in its phenomenal expression, realizes completeness.

The self is no mystery, the mystery is / That there is something for us to stand on

The cruelest thing, hope, the way it strings you along, the way it makes you believe.

I think as long as you're being creative and finding your own work interesting, that's all that matters.

...The world wouldn't be the world, without trouble.

I have two cats at home in Minnesota with my family. Beau and Skippy

People make up rumors and put them on the Internet.

People say my ego is grand. I think it's in proportion to me.