... I started to die 36 hours before I was born, so dying was a way of life for me..

I don't know that I could really define love. I can't . . . again, it's like trying to define what this creative force is. It's beyond my ability to ….

As Lao Tzu says, "The Tao that can be named is not the true Tao"..

I'm focusing on writing the best story I can write. Which means I'm doing everything I can to give the artist within me as much power as possible..

People in Germany are very, very responsive to the readings..

He didnt know what was defeating him, but he sensed it was something he could not cope with, something that was far beyond his power to control or ev….

The resistance and the degree of the resistance to the natural phenomenon of life causes tremendous suffering..

It seems to me that what the artist sees is the simple and obvious that is invisible to everybody else..

Sometimes it seems to stand still. Like you’re in a bag and you can’t get out and somebody’s always telling you that it will get better with time and….

I don't know how to make the critics happy!.

...and he just sat back and stared at the tube, almost interested in what was happening, trying to find the ability to believe in that lie so he coul….

I think in a way the great irony or paradox about America is that it makes it so hard for the sensitive person, the artist, the impressionable person….

I certainly do attempt to live according to spiritual principles. That's always the foundation of each and every day. I have experienced some things ….

I have to have a meaning in my life. If I roam around without some meaning in my life, I'm in deep and serious trouble. I can't, I just can't exist..