The single most important lesson of effective communication is this: Focus on clarity. Concentrate on precisions. Don’t worry about constructing beautiful sentences. Beauty comes from meaning, not language. Accuracy is the most effective style of all.

I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.

Adolescence is that time in your life when you discover your ability to be depressed.

It's almost always dangerous to be right too soon.

Contentment is the continuing act of accepting the process of your own life.

Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations.

Star Trek' is the McDonald's of science fiction; it's fast food storytelling. Every problem is like every other problem. They all get solved in an hour. Nobody ever gets hurt, and nobody needs to care. You give up an hour of your time, and you don't really have to get involved. It's all plastic.