Make the mind tougher by exposing it to adversity.

Hesitation puts obstacles in your path, boldness eliminates them.

To a large extent, the political walls are crumbling.

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others--that is too high a price to pay.

When I think about the new film, I think I can do whatever I want with fiction, but the more documentary it is, the better it will be because that's what I'm good at. I'm good at observing people's behavior and putting these unspoken things into movie contexts in ways that other people can sometimes miss.

A few years ago, for my birthday, Sean Price Williams said, I'll give you one free day of shooting. He shot Kati with an I and co-shot Fake It So Real. While we've always worked together, I didn't want him to do it for free, so he cashed in his birthday chip and came for this one day.

I make non-fiction partly because I'm not that good of a writer. My talent, if I have any, is in balancing, capturing and directing reality, rather than creating scenarios.

Let me spell it out: with the psychotic boss, nothing you do is ever quite right. They set traps, asking you to do things, and no matter how hard you think of accomplishing it in their way, it is wrong and you are to blame. This tends to instill a lot of fear in you.

Be at one with your fate and give your actions the weight of eternity. Stop wishing for something else to happen, for a different fate. That is to live a false life.

I just think there's something in the non-fiction form that allows you to see things clearly, if you're patient.

Be capable of negating your ego.

I like lecturing and going around the world and giving talks and I like doing consulting and helping people.

Waste brings woe, and sorrow hates despair.

You waste precious time dreaming of the future instead of engaging in the present.

Things like reading a book or learning a language, or taking a walk -- they're not stimulating. Your mind has to sort of learn how to deal with that kind of stimulation on its own. So that's a very important form of adversity.

Our natural tendency is to project onto other people our own belief and value systems, in ways in which we are not even aware.

Thy breath is like the steame of apple-pyes.

Be relentless in your pursuit for expansion.

It's fortunately a kind of society we live in where we can be diverse. People can take different paths and not feel like they're doing something wrong.

When you get angry, your options narrow.