We can't just RAIL against crime. We must SPEAK of the ROOT problems - devastating family breakup, an insidious culture of violence that cheapens human life, skyrocketing prisoner recidivism rates that ROB our communities of husbands and fathers - and recognize that there is a societal role in rehabilitation and restoration.

I want to broaden my HORIZONS, speak a new LANGUAGE, MEET new people, and experience a different CULTURE.

The deepest problems of MODERN LIFE derive from the CLAIM of the individual to preserve the autonomy and INDIVIDUALITY of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of HISTORICAL heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life.

What other CULTURE could have produced SOMEONE LIKE Hemingway and not seen the JOKE?

It is not part of a TRUE culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to MAKE SHEEP FEROCIOUS.

Creativity is putting your IMAGINATION to WORK, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human CULTURE.

I loved Japanese CULTURE before EVEN REALIZING it was, in fact, Japanese culture. The CARTOONS and anime I was watching as a child, my favorite video GAMES, and even in pro wrestling - my favorite wrestlers and matches originated in Japan.

As LONG as we are engaged in STORYTELLING that MOVES the culture FORWARD, it doesn't matter what format it is.

No CULTURE can LIVE if it ATTEMPTS to be EXCLUSIVE.

We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and WHOLE grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes SMALLER and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can HELP create a culture - imagine this - where our kids ask for HEALTHY options instead of resisting them.

We live in a culture where EVERYONE's opinion, view, and assessment of SITUATIONS and PEOPLE spill across social media, a lot of it anonymously, much of it shaped by mindless meanness and IGNORANCE.

It's really FUNNY seeing all these media depictions of me as an intellectual because I'm a connoisseur of LOW culture.

Song, DANCE and CINEMA are so deeply within the Indian CULTURE and with so many cultures incorporating their elements too, it has BECOME a wonderful collage.