History is an angel being blown backwards into the future

I didn't really understand that Vipassana is a relatively new form of Buddhism that was based on the storage of pain. So the idea is that every time you don't scream, that's your Buddhist side.

Art can be engaged in the world without being specifically politically engaged.

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

Not many people care what you do. They care about what you do as much as you care about what they do. Think about it. Just exactly that much. You are not the center of the universe.

I really trust audiences as having excellent taste, for the most part.

The right to carry a gun has nothing to do with the rights of other people.