Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving parts and people. Every decision is a compromise. If you're writing and you don't like how your character looks or talks, you just fix it. But in a movie, if there's something you don't like, that's tough.

The Book of Reveal-ation in the Bible predicts an unveiling of great truth and unimaginable wisdom. The Apocalypse is not the end of the world, but rather it is the end of the world as we know it. The prophesy of the Apocalypse is just one of the Bible's beautiful messages that has been distorted.

Transhumanism is the ethics and science of using things like biological and genetic engineering to transform our bodies and make us a more powerful species.

I believe that thinking about the problem … is your problem.

I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.

Books make great gifts because they can unveil hidden secrets.

The human body is amazing," she said. If you deprive it of one sensory input, the other senses take over, almost instantly.