Animals love. They love their being. They strive to survive, to celebrate, to propagate . So certainly something we learn from animals is love. To survive and to celebrate, propagate and to love life. To be the best we can be - the right to be here and the responsibility to be the best dog or bear or horse that they can be. Humans have the tendency to self pity that other animals don't indulge in.

What is of most moment of compassion is not feelings of pity but feelings of togetherness.

To create is always to learn, to begin over, to begin at zero.

Do not confuse beauty with beautiful. Beautiful is a human judgment. Beauty is All. The difference is everything.

A lot of the time I hate acting. It has a lot to do with the way I was brought up in a world where showing your emotions is frowned upon. It's just not manly. I don't do anything in life because I love doing it. It's because I want to be good at it.

Work should be in order to live. We don't live in order to work. That shift in awareness is necessary.

I enjoy a four-seasonal climate and wide-open spaces, so being on an island 2,500 miles into the South Pacific made me feel a little claustrophobic.