Demolition is a part of construction.

People need meaning as much as they need air. Lucky for us, we can give meaning to each other for free. Just by being alive.

A soul isn't given for free. The races of men fight each other to the death for the honor of being recognized as human beings, with souls.

As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being a scientist and never thought I'd be writing novels.

Johannes Cabal would kill me for saying this, but he's my favorite Zeppelin-hopping detective. The fellow has got all the charm of Bond and the smarts of Holmes--without the pesky morality.

Zombies, vampires, Frankenstein's monster, robots, Wolfman - all of this stuff was really popular in the '50s. Robots are the only one of those make-believe monsters that have become real. They are really in our lives in a meaningful way. That's pretty fascinating to me.

There are an endless number of things to discover about robotics. A lot of it is just too fantastic for people to believe.