Many of my friends back in New York and elsewhere have a glib or dismissive attitude toward Los Angeles. It's a place of strip malls and traffic and not much else, in their opinion.

People who meditate and have a good spiritual practice, their immune systems are stronger. Generally, they are happier and healthier.

This whole world is run by brutes for the common and the stupid.

It's the age old thing: If you want to get elected, blame immigrants. It worked in the 20th century and it works now, and it's heart-breaking to see people make the same mistakes. They're looking at a complicated world, but they just keep blaming immigrants, and it's really disturbing that people haven't got past that.

My secret is being not terrible at a lot of things.

Moby lives the simplest of any person I think I know.

When I listen to gospel singers pouring their heart out to God, it's the act of pouring their hearts out that interests me.