"I actually attack the concept of happiness. The idea that - I don't mind people being happy - but the idea that everything we do is part of the pursuit of happiness seem to me a really dangerous idea and had led to a contemporary disease in Western society, which is fear of sadness. It's a really odd thing that we're now seeing people saying 'write down 3 things that made you happy today before you go to sleep' and 'cheer up' and 'happiness is out birthright' and so on. We're kind of teaching out kids that happiness is the default position. It's rubbish. Wholeness is what we ought to be striving for and part of that is sadness, disappointment, frustration, and failure; all of those things which make us who we are. Happiness and victory and fulfillment are nice little things that also happen to us, but they don't teach us much. Everyone says we grown through pain and then as soon as we experience pain they say 'Quick! Move on! Cheer up!' I'd like just for a year, to have a moratorium on the word 'Wholeness.' Ask yourself, 'is this contributing to my wholeness?' and if you're having a bad day, it is."