Across the sea of space lies an infinite emptiness. I can feel it, suffocating me. It is without meaning. But each life creates its own reality.

Robots are interesting because they exist as a real technology that you can really study - you can get a degree in robotics - and they also have all this pop-culture real estate that they take up in people's minds.

As a society, I think we express our cultural mores through our politics. We're trying constantly to figure out what's OK and what's not OK. And it's hard, because our society is constantly buffeted by gale force winds of technology. Things are always changing.

How much change can a person absorb before everything loses meaning Living for its own sake isn't life. People need meaning as much as they need air.

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.

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.

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.