Time is the worst place, so to speak, to get lost in, as Arthur Dent could testify, having been lost in both time and space a good deal. At least being lost in space kept you busy.

The fact is, I don't know where my ideas come from. Nor does any writer. The only real answer is to drink way too much coffee and buy yourself a desk that doesn't collapse when you beat your head against it.

What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

He was constantly reminded of how startlingly different a place the world was when viewed from a point only three feet to the left.

Assumptions are what we don't know we are making

Presidents don't have power. Their job is to draw attention away from it.