Political people don't solve stuff - not really. Political people are like guys in pop music.

In a world so redolent with wonder, how can we allow ourselves to conduct our daily lives with so little insight, such absence of dignity?

Worrying about a large institution, especially when it has computers, is like worrying about a large gorilla, especially when it's on fire.

The future is a process, not a destination.

A set of Bollywood actresses are coming through Dallas soon in a live tour; I'd pay a lot to see them, but alas, I'm fully booked elsewhere.

I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.

One of the points about distractions is that everything that they do is destabilizing.