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I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life.

I am interested in how human beings react to crisis and conflict.

Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves.

Pressure makes people react in different ways. Some people plunge in, and others take the way out.

One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.

We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful.

If you engage people on a vital, important level, they will respond.

I purposefully isolate myself from anything that has to do with any press. I don't read any press about myself.

How do you defend inaction in the face of crisis? How is that defensible for anybody?

When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.