My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not about God alone, but agnosticism about everything.

An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave.

The path up is the path down. The way forward is the way back. The universe inside is outside but the universe outside is inside.

The longer one is alone, the easier it is to hear the song of the earth.

I gave three years of my life to take care of my dying mother who had Alzheimer's disease. Being there for her every need for three years might have looked codependent but it wasn't because it was what I wanted to do.

I've been a fascinated observer of grand public funerals since I was a kid, starting with the life-altering black-and-white images of President John F. Kennedy's funeral.

I was in a rock band; I was my own folk singer; I was in a death metal band for a very short time; I was in a cover band, a jazz band, a blues band. I was in a gospel choir.

The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes.