I put a lot of pressure on myself and I think I am quite... well, intense about driving other people.

Animals teach us about the animals in ourselves. We need their spirits.

Soul is our appetite, driving us to eat from the banquet of life. People filled with the hunger of soul take food from every dish before them, whether it be sweet or bitter.

A global awakening can only happen from a spiritual awakening that is of global dimensions.

Facing the darkness, admitting the pain, allowing the pain to be pain, is never easy. This is why courage - big-heartedness - is the most essential virtue on the spiritual journey. But if we fail to let pain be pain - and our entire patriarchal culture refuses to let this happen - then pain will haunt us in nightmarish ways. We will become pain's victims instead of the healers we might become.

Prayer is essentially about making the heart strong so that fear cannot penetrate there.

I'm an actor. I try to play a character in a really cool story, the very best I can.