Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.

There was a time when I thought I was doing a good thing with good guys for a good cause. Looking back, I think I really wanted to be a warrior.

I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.

People all over the world recognize me as a spiritual leader.

I myself am a very nonviolent person and only resort to violence when I absolutely have to.

You can say that I lived in Asia for a long time and in Japan I became close to several CIA agents. And you could say that I became an adviser to several CIA agents in the field and, through my friends in the CIA, met many powerful people and did special works and special favors.

Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important.