When you practice Transcendental Meditation you are given a key to the deepest level of life.

New mysteries. New day. Fresh doughnuts.

I have a profound admiration for Fellini. I met him lately and he's just fantastic. I feel very close to him even though he's very Italian. But his films could have been made in every country. When I say, I feel close to him, then also because we're both born on January 20th.

I don't think it was pain that made [Vincent Van Gogh] great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he had.

In Hollywood, more often than not, they're making more kind of traditional films, stories that are understood by people. And the entire story is understood. And they become worried if even for one small moment something happens that is not understood by everyone.

You could say that spirituality is bliss, and bliss is physical happiness, emotional happiness, mental happiness, and spiritual happiness. And it's intense. It's an intense happiness. It brings you together with everything.

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