The only point of having power it seems to me is to empower others. The only point of leadership is to inspire.

In America, we have a government that is now run by white nationalists, by billionaires, by incredible misogynists.

You have to give to the world the thing that you want the most, in order to fix the broken parts inside you.

Terence McKenna says, "The culture is not your friend." I am not sure we can change this culture. But I think we can rise above it and create a new world. That's why I so deeply believe in alternative spaces. That's why I believe in the power of art and activism.

The minute someone tells you you have cancer, it's kind of like you die. You really do die. It's like you get that you're mortal.

I think so much of neoliberalism and capitalism has caused people to live in a state of greed, fear and consumption that is covering up so much of what we really want.

I bet you're worried. I was worried. I was worried about vaginas. I was worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don't think about them.