For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.
You don't want to be watching your back or thinking that you are being judged.
You can imagine what it would have been like to see the Buddha. Just to see his face would put you so many steps ahead.
Why is it when we have 10 million people in this country who say 'No', we still have a president who says 'Yes.' In a democracy, something's wrong here.
When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.
When space is not there for you, the intellectual work will still keep you buoyed up.
When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection.
When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.
When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to the world.
Whatever positive energies have touched people in myriad lifetimes are going to come through somehow.
Whatever I've learned in the process certainly feeds who I am as a man, the people around me and my family.
What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love.
Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are.
We've had too many World AIDS Days.
Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me.
Tibet will be taken care of in the process, but it's about saving every sentient being.
Tibet had extremely limited American involvement.
There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character.
There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't be proven to exist. Nothing is there.
There is kind of this cosmic reality of the wind, whatever that is. Karma, in a larger sense.
The secret of my success is my hairspray.