We understand that Nixon's aggression against Vietnam is a racist aggression, that the American war in Vietnam is a racist war, a white man's war...We deplore that you are being used as cannon fodder for U.S. imperialism. We've seen photographs of American bombs and antipersonnel weapons being dropped, wantonly, accidentally perhaps, on your heads, on the heads of your comrades.

I feel like when I was an adolescent, and felt so unworthy of love and so empty, I moved outside of myself.

I was in my mid-40s. I was a bulimic, and I realized if I continue with this addiction of mine, I will not be able to continue doing my life. The older you get the more damage it does; it takes longer to recover from a binge. And it was very hard.

We've got to establish a socialistic economic structure that will limit private, profit-oriented businesses.

As is my way, when I start something that I've put off doing, I always start with the hardest form. So I started with Ashtanga.

Look what scares you in the face and try to understand it. Empathy is revolutionary.

I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone.