"The summer of 1966, I hitch-hiked alone for two months all over Europe instead of working on a farm in Spain. It was a big game to see how much I could see on $400. This got me hooked on traveling."

“Because I've never made this kind of movie before, so I've never even been to Comic-Con. And Hugh and Evangeline keep telling me, 'Oh, my god... This is such Comic-Con fodder. We're going to have such a fun summer!' Is this the kind of thing they show? That length?”

“Every artist has a central story to tell, and the difficulty, the impossible task, is trying to present that story in pictures”

“Art is a tool by which society extends its perception.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Wise is the man who contents himself with the spectacle of the world.”

“Ritual is the most primitive reflection of serious thought, a slow deposit, as it were, of people's imaginative insight into life.”

“I'm a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and giving animals a voice. But at the same time, I appreciate and respect other people's decisions to eat meat. The only thing that I hope is that people are educated, that they're aware, that they're living a conscious lifestyle.”

“Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.”

“You can judge the validity of any idea or concept by asking Is this true for me?”