A lot of my work comes from what in Asia is called the 'mind of wonder.' There is not a lot of 'mind of wonder' writing in contemporary Western literature. I think that's what appeals to the readers who are my fans.

If you were Jesus with missing years to kill where would you go?

Meditation... dissolves the mind. It erases itself. Throws the ego out on its big brittle ass.

Jackson Pollock said once, "I don't really feel that many people in this world are alive." He said, "That's why I like you, Tom. You're alive."

Should one be shallow enough to view existence as a system of rewards and punishments, one soon learns that we pay as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats.

I think science has begun to demonstrate that aging is a disease. If it is, it can be cured.

In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.