I was more comfortable with guys growing up, but now I find myself more comfortable in my own skin and open to people, regardless of their gender or popularity or any other label, as a result.

I've always been a jeans and a T-shirt kind of kid!

In N.Y. you're always around people, but in L.A. you can go days without seeing anyone.

I love the way little kids dress themselves! They're completely carefree about how others perceive them.

I don't care about the internal political system of the United States. I want to be a friend of United States, of its baseball, its institutions, its rock and roll, its workers, and its technology because we need it. I want to be friends of the Arab people, of the Persian people, of the Asian people.

The United States is no longer first in the world in upward mobility. We can reverse that trend by giving our young children an equal start in life as they begin their journey to fulfill the American Dream.

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.

My aim is to create a happy society with genuine friendship. Friendship between Tibetan and Chinese peoples is very essential.