Sustainability is another word for justice, for what is just is sustainable and what is unjust is not.

Having a studio tell you when to jump and how high eight months of the year for six years is not a relationship I want to get into again.

A job is something we do to get a paycheck and pay our bills. Jobs are legitimate, at times, but work is why we are here in the universe. Work and calling often go together.

I am a Westerner. We're not going to change the West by going East. The East has a lot to teach us, but essentially it's like a mirror, saying, hey, can't you see what's here in your own religion, what are you, stupid?

After 'Lost', I never need to take a job for the money again.

The only way to learn compassion is through your heart; you have to back up and pass through your own pain.

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