We must abandon the prevalent belief in the superior wisdom of the ignorant.

There's something beautifully soothing about a fact — even (or perhaps especially) if we're not sure what it means.

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well.

Creators, makers of the new, can never become obsolete, for in the arts there is no correct answer. The story of discoverers could be told in simple chronological order, since the latest science replaces what went before. But the arts are another story- a story of infinite addition. We must find order in the random flexings of the imagination.

The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event.

The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his name or trademark.