Christianity has been responsible for plenty of horror and death in the world, all supposedly in God's name.

Gay marriage is a complete red herring to distract everyone from the economy and the war and health care and education.

I think that everybody does hustle in order to survive. That doesn't mean lying - it's more about how you handle situations.

Christianity has been responsible for plenty of horror and death in the world, all supposedly in God's name.

What we assert, very often can become our reality. To some degree, everybody can try to shape and control their fate. Everybody picks an identity.

I had various jobs, I taught a SAT class, I was a bartender, I had a day job at an office and was making short films. I got grants from NYSCA and NEA for an idea, which later became 'Huckabees,' about a guy in a Chinese restaurant who had microphones on every table and heard every personal conversation and would write perversely personal fortunes.

I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in some way. And also, a Zen monk once said to me, 'If you're not laughing, then you're not getting it.'