I can honestly say [that writing] is the best life there is, because you get to live within the realm of your own mind, and that is a profoundly rare human privilege.

I completely respect the ways people are bound in the lives that they have, whether it's because of forces outside of their control or choices that they've made that they want to honor with their own responsibilities and obligations - taking care of people around them or being a part of a community, or their work.

Om Namah Shivaya, meaning, I honor the divinity that resides within me.

traveling is the great true love of my life

You must find another reason to work, other than the desire for success or recognition. It must come from another place.

Take care of the problems now, or else you'll just have to suffer again later when you scew everything up the next time. And that repetition of suffering - that's hell. Moving out of that endless repetition to a new level of understand - there's where you'll find heaven.

We can change our wives,” he said. “We can change our jobs, our nationalities and even our religions, but we can never change our team.