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I'm a lapsed Zen Buddhist. I've read hundreds of books on Zen, I meditated daily for about fifteen years, and once spent a month studying with Vietnamese Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh.

Surfing soothes me, it's always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I'm on a wave.

There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.

I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.

There are things that I value now that I didn't when I first went over there, like Zen Buddhism, which has become part of my life over the last couple years.

One thing I like about Zen. It doesn't believe in achievement.

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

The way I meditate is by being organised. I can get real Zen if I go home and tidy the front room.

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

I discovered philosophy in my youth when I read 'wildly,' and thus I was exposed to the world of ideas.