I think my government are fascists. I feel that if we don't change from a society that worships money and power over to one that worships compassion and generosity, there is no hope for human survival this century.

For most of human history, we lived communally in groups, and it was part of the security and nature of groups to help each other and groom each other.

My first reaction was that the adult world was fake and liars and basically worked for money and power. I didn't want to live in that world, so I spent a year, aged 17 to 18, trying to kill myself. I didn't want to live in a world of violence and injustice.

No one ever writes me and says, 'We have a happy hospital'. Nowhere is doing it in a healthy way. That's encouragement for me.

The reason adults should look as though they are having fun, is to give kids a reason to want to grow up.

The role of a clown and a physician are the same - it's to elevate the possible and to relieve suffering.

I'd say that I think the most revolutionary act that you can commit in our society today is to be happy.