Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.

You can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can.

Speaking more than one language and living in a multicultural family and environment did not seem like anything but what it was: the world I lived in.

I know I said I wanted to live forever and I would never be bored, but the reality is, it's probably kind of sad to live forever if you're the only one sticking around.

You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. Democracy, marriage, friendship. You can't just say she's my best friend. That's not a given, it's a process.

We all experience many freakish and unexpected events - you have to be open to suffering a little. The philosopher Schopenhauer talked about how out of the randomness, there is an apparent intention in the fate of an individual that can be glimpsed later on. When you are an old guy, you can look back, and maybe this rambling life has some through-line. Others can see it better sometimes. But when you glimpse it yourself, you see it more clearly than anyone.

Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too.