I hope people start to look at their lives as the most powerful, creative act they will ever offer this world.

I'm from the Madeleine L'Engle school. The more she delves into science, the more she knows there's a creator who's behind these amazing laws, these amazing events. The symmetry of nature, the structure and order of it.

As I "won," I didn't feel the fruits of that. I felt the fruits when I served others, when I gave myself away. . . . I've always seen my life as an experiment. I just want to go to what works. As I felt the charity aspect in my life, the giving aspect, I felt a power and I've walked more into that.

I love Frank Capra. He believed in the goodness of people and one man's ability to fight and often triumph.

Nothing in nature takes more than what it needs

The bike accident caused me to start talking about spiritual truths. This accident - where I faced my own death - compelled me to talk about these truths and try to make a movie about them.

I wasn't paying enough attention to what my heart was telling me. When I paid attention and got the message, I could move forward and heal.