I hate kitchens. I don't understand these enormous American kitchens that take up half the living room and then they just order pizza.

To control the breathing is to control the mind. With different patterns of breathing, you can fall in love, you can hate someone, you can feel the whole spectrum of feelings just by changing your breathing.

There has been evolution in my work. In the beginning I was very much busy with the physical body and the limits of the physical body but that somehow naturally led me to the mental body and how I could deal with that. Stillness is so much harder, especially for three months. It was a big challenge. As a performer it is the most difficult experience one can have. And the interactive experience with the public made it even harder.

Happiness comes from the full understanding of your own being.

Most people are more comfortable with what is familiar. I’ve spent my life doing the opposite.

You know the movie "Rashomon" from [Takeshi] Kurosawa, when all the people in the forest see something different? Each performance was like that.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.