My life is not a political campaign. I just write about what is on my mind. I just play whatever I feel like playing. Whatever is in my soul at the time is what I want to do. I have, thank god, enough people who are still interested in what I am doing so that I can go out and keep doing it.

There's a phrase in Buddhism, 'Beginner's mind.' It's wonderful to have a beginner's mind.

Let us consider, first, the need for a tough mind, characterized by incisive thinking, realistic appraisal, and decisive judgment. The tough mind is sharp and penetrating, breaking through the crust of legends and myths and sifting the true from the false.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

And deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny.

I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.