"When I am trying to understand the method of winning in the endgame with two bishops against the knight, chess is a science, when I admire a beautiful combination or study, then chess is art, and when I am complicating position in the approaching time trouble of my opponent, then chess is sport."

“Animal agriculture takes up an incredible 70% of all agricultural land, and a whopping 30% of the land surface of the planet. As a result, farmed animals are probably the biggest cause of slashing and burning the world's forests.”

“I don't want to be like, yes, I think the American answer is always stupid, or I think it's always the right answer. So I'm in this weird place there. I'm feeling it out. Cambodia is going through an enormous amount of change right now. Daily.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“Actually I do support a charity, DefendersofWildLife.org. They help protect endangered species.”

“Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.”

“The disconnect between what's going on in schools and what's allowed to be shown in movies has gotten really bad because girls in junior high are having oral sex and getting bracelets for it, and in movies everybody's got to be 30 years old to have sex. It's very bizarre.”

Source : "Interview with Vamps Director Amy Heckerling". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.indiewire.com. April 9, 2012.

“If you use a positive word, the corners of your lips go upward and it makes you smile.”

“I can't work without a Good L.A. weed. That's the thing you miss the most.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

“Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul...”