Tomorrow is going to be different than yesterday, it's going to be a lot different.

True genius can be identified by the fact that its expression changes the world into something it has never been before.

Who are we? And to me that's the essential question that's always been in science fiction. A lot of science fiction stories are - at their very best - evocations of that question. When we look up at the night sky and wonder, "Is there anyone else out there?" we're also asking who we are we in relation to them.

Of course life is bizarre, the more bizarre it gets, the more interesting it is. The only way to approach it is to make yourself some popcorn and enjoy the show.

I had always been fascinated by the whole idea that Australia was this different ecology and that when rabbits and prickly pears and other things from Europe were introduced into Australia, they ran amok.

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

The human race never solves any of its problems, it only outlives them.