Be More Than Ready. Be Present In

What You Are Will Show, Ultimately. Start Now, Every Day, Becoming, In Your Actions, Your Regular Actions, What You Would Like To Become In The Bigger Scheme Of Things.

If I Do Three Interviews In A Day, I Can Be Exhausted, Because The Process Of Hearing Everyone Requires That I Empty Out Myself. While I'm Listening, My Own Judgments And Prejudices Certainly Come Up. But I Know I Won't Get Anything Unless I Get Those Things Out Of The Way.

People Realize That We're Very Good At Sending People To War, But We're Not Good At Taking Care Of Them. And People Are Coming Back From War Now; Years Ago, They Would Have Been Killed, Now They're Wounded; And They're Coming Back Alive And With Post-traumatic Stress. So, I Think Americans Are Sensible Enough To Know We've Got To Figure Out A Way To Take Care Of Them.

We Who Are In The Arts Are At The Risk Of Being In A Popularity Contest Rather Than A Profession. If That Fact Causes You Despair . . . Pick Another Profession. Your Desire To Communicate Must Be Bigger Than Your Relationship With The Chaotic And Unfair Realities . . . We Have To Create Our Own Standards Of Discipline.

President Obama Called For A 'we' Nation In His Inauguration Address. Art Convenes. It Is Not Just Inspirational. It Is Aspirational. It Pricks The Walls Of Our Compartmentalized Minds, Opens Our Hearts And Makes Us Brave. And That's What We Need Most In Our Country Today.