I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
*Edgar Allan Poe
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One day, I thought, "Wow! I wrote that and put it out there in the public, and anyone can read it. Maybe I need to go delete that." I didn't. That was a good day, the day I said, "No, I wrote it, and whatever the cost to my reputation, the truth is more important than my reputation." You know, the artist - including anyone living life as art - embodies truth, and the artist is the servant of truth first, not the public, not anyone. So, to be an artist, I think means you've got to be courageous, you've got to be dissident. Maybe to most persons you have to be seen as being a little crazy. Possibly, if we were all a little more like that, the world would be a more joyful, loving place for us all.
*Arem Nahariim-Samadhi
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I think laughter is a sacred act. ... To me, "Ace Ventura" is as scriptural and sacred as any movie I've ever done because it's childlike.
