It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.

Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you.

In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for 'Scientific American Frontiers.'

There's plenty of money to be had. But you also lose your soul.

Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.

What then are doing if not creating a better place together? I think, for me the key has to be, what do I want to create? What is it I want to leave behind?

If you know what you're looking for, that's all you'll get - what's previously known. But when you're open to what's possible, you get something new - that's creativity.