I think the way I want to think. I live the way I want to live.

So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one.

A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

I have a kind of respect - a worshipful attitude, even - for nature and the natural order and the cosmos and the seasons.

I am not a hugely religious person, but I believe that there is a oneness with everything. And because there is this oneness, it is possible that my mother is the principal reason for my life.

Marriage is no way of life for the weak, the selfish, or the insecure.

I had two roles for which I compromised.