A year of ending and beginning, a year of loss and finding... and all of you were with me through the storm. I drink your health, your wealth, your fortune for long years to come, and I hope for many more days in which we can gather like this.

Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction.

Nothing's hopeless except never trying.

Poisoning rarely happens in a well-managed kitchen.

It is perfectly okay to write garbage – as long as you edit brilliantly.

Never start a war with something you can't talk to.

For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.