The circle is the fundamental geometry of open human communication.

When the spirit of people is strong focused and vibrant, wonderful things happen.

Peace of the sort that brings wholeness, harmony, and health to our lives only happens when chaos, confusion, and conflict are included and transcended.

Leadership … is a collective and constantly redistributed function, and not the private property of the few or The One.

It is only in the dance between chaos and order that life progresses.

It's safe to tell us stuff, okay?" This means it's not safe to tell them anything.

For the devil has no power . . . except in the dark." - Madame Dorothea

I am the witch of my mystical world.

There's something about smoking a cigar that feels like a celebration. It's like a fine wine. There's a quality, a workmanship, a passion that goes into the smoking of a fine cigar.

I like to cook. I would probably go to culinary school in France if I had time.

It sounds really corny but I think that if you're beautiful inside it shows on the outside, for sure.

Success is a dangerous element in any endeavor. Embrace the struggle. Beware the achievement. For it steals your caution even as it leads you down the next unknown pathway.

A lot of the films I do go down brilliantly critically and win awards, but not a lot of people see them.

Jerry Bruckheimer creates comedy, he just doesn't realize because he's a turd.

Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it