"People fail forward to success."

“Take your tongue out of my mouth, I'm kissing you good-bye.”

“It's not about the fish; it's not about the pollution; it's not about the climate change. It's about us and our greed and our need for growth and our inability to imagine a world that is different from the selfish world we live in today.”

Source : "How we wrecked the ocean". TED conference, www.ted.com. April 2010.

“It is our very fear of the future that distorts the now that could lead to a different future if we dared to be whole in the present.”

“I noticed the different kids were always put down by other people and it would cause them to become almost violent with themselves. It's not really necessary; there's a way to find strength in yourself, and for me it was writing. That was sort of my release and my escape, so the term 'Knives and Pens' to me was like a choice. You can either create, or become violent, and maybe go down a dark road.”

“Finding voice is a socially responsible political act. We don't just do it for ourselves. And helping someone to find voice demands a spiritual partnership with that seeker. It's an exercise of compassion.”

“Looking for the meaning of life, one man can discover the order of the universe. To discover the truth, to achieve. a higher spiritual state, that is the true meaning of ninja..”

“Life's too short to be working with divas.”

“My work is more driven by the creative word. It's immersed in other writing and printed work, rather than drawn so much from life or past experience.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com