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

It's so freeing, it's beautiful in a way, to have a great failure, there's nowhere to go but up.

I always say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is my biggest influence. But for painters, I like many, many painters, but I love Francis Bacon the most, and Edward Hopper.

I love child things because there's so much mystery when you're a child.

The cinema is really built for the big screen and big sound, so that a person can go into another world and have an experience.

Every human being has consciousness, but not every human being has the same amount. The potential for each one of us human beings is infinite consciousness. This is called supreme enlightenment, and it just needs unfolding by transcending each day. The more consciousness we have, the better life is.

Domestic violence and violence against women in general seems to be a big problem everywhere in the world. It seems to me this problem comes from stress, pent up anger, frustration, and all kinds of negativity within human beings.