I have gas mask in my office because I took Chem/bio warfare training class so I can report in case of an attack. It’s on a copy of my head made by Madame Tussauds

I get so annoyed by famous people who have not actually written the books they slap their names on.

The people I admire most hadn't really followed a particular path that was visible when they were on it.

A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering.

Just to be clear, if, like Pat Robertson, you somehow missed all the evidence, all the research, the depth and breadth of all the knowledge garnered about HIV and AIDS over the past three decades, you cannot get HIV if you share towels.

Don't fall in love with a bonobo, because it's gonna die.

When I was younger, I talked to the adults around me that I respected most about how they got where they were, and none of them plotted a course they could have predicted, so it seemed a waste of time to plan too long-term. Since then, I've always gone on my instincts.