Some say it is best not to go near the center of time. Life is a vessel of sadness, but is noble to live life and without time there is no life. Others disagree. They would rather have an eternity of contentment, even if that eternity were fixed and frozen, like a butterfly mounted in a case.

Scientists will forever have to live with the fact that their product is, in the end, impersonal.

The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or joy.

Music is, of course, a universal emotional experience, cutting across cultures and languages. I studied piano for ten years as a child and consider that experience one of the most valuable in my life.

The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in atime of pain or of joy. The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present. Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone.

Faith is the ability to honor stillness at some moments, and at others to ride the passion and exuberance.

All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.