Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces.

I just have to think of Philadelphia now, and I get ideas, I hear the wind, and I'm off into the darkness somewhere.

If we didn't want to upset anyone, we would make films about sewing, but even that could be dangerous. But I think finally, in a film, it is how the balance is and the feelings are. But I think there has to be those contrasts and strong things within a film for the total experience.

Transcendental meditation is like a car, a vehicle that allows you to go within. It's a mental technique.

In the world there's a thing called collective consciousness. All of us billions of human beings together create that collective consciousness. With all the problems in our world, you can see that the collective consciousness is not so high.

You don't need a special place to meditate. You can transcend anywhere in the world. The unified field is here, and there, and everywhere.

The more you meditate the better life gets.