I refer to jet lag as 'jet-psychosis - there's an old saying that the spirit cannot move faster than a camel.

One of the ways to reincarnate is to tell your story.

I knew I couldn't live in America and I wasn't ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the coast of America - New York City .

I'm kind of this control freak that likes to create his own hells before the real one can get to him

Everything is contingent, and there is also chaos.

How theraputic it is to surrond yourself with people stranger than yourself.

I see [my pen] as an extension of my musculature. It's like being a painter. It's the closest I can get to my breath.

I was darkly convinced that at age 52 I would kill myself because my mother committed suicide at that age. I was fantasizing that she was waiting for me on the other side of the grave.

Real life has always let me down. That's why I do the monologues. I have always said I would rather tell a life than live a life. But I have to live a life in order to tell one.

If I can make people laugh it's like being a good lover.

The only thing I don't doubt is my doubt.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

You should break away from unproductive routines that do not positively benefit you or make your life better.

I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right.

I was home educated but would skip my lessons to go hang out at school.

When people call you brilliant it's always good, especially when the person heads up Russia.

Joe Louis is a credit to his race - the human race.

Only the person who risks is truly free. A man's conquest of himself dwarfs the conquest of Mt. Everest.

Meditation is a flower and compassion is its fragrance.

You have to be honest about who you are.

Be a harsh critic of your own wins.