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.

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

I genuinely have never been in an audience where most people want that person to fail. I've never been in an audience like that, and I've never seen it as a performer. Only in my dreams, in which case they are always throwing tomatoes and going, "This is the most boring thing I've ever seen."

A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production.

I'm thrilled by the fact that I made something out of nothing. There it is! It wasn't there before: there it is - I made it! That's pretty powerful, and that's the power that Buddhists give to every single person.

They say that Heaven is like TV... a perfect little world, that doesn't really need you.

It's good to take a longer view and think, what would I really like to do if I had no limitations whatsoever?