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.

Films are 50 percent visual and 50 percent sound. Sometimes sound even overplays the visual.

The more unknowable the mystery, the more beautiful it is.

Let's get rid of the suffering and bring real peace, which is not just the absence of war, but the absence of all negativity.

When we transcend we are diving into a field of unbounded creativity. This is real creativity and when we experience that and grow in that, we can more easily find solutions to problems. We can get ideas for whatever it is we're working on. And we will get happier by transcending every day and we will find that we're happier doing almost anything. We'll get more energy to do our work.

I like darkness and confusion and absurdity, but I like to know that there could be a little door that you could go out into a safe life area of happiness.

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