The self is just not a worthy enough vehicle to worship.

I think the '60s were an extraordinary time. I feel bad for the kids today who missed this wonderful confluence, which was simultaneously a confluence of the global and the mythological.

Habitat for wildlife is continually shrinking - I can at least provide a way station.

I got out of college and I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State. I was working as an actor at the Actor's Workshop, being abused as a intern.

You don't see artists sitting around a lot, talking about ideology. They find out what they believe, and what they're doing, by doing it.

I think it's good that people value their bodies and take care of them. I think if you cross the line and begin using your body as an asset or as an extension of your vanity, you've gone too far.

I would say 90 percent of my mail and phone calls are from people who want some kind of help or succor or commitment from me to do something.