A human being creates complexity by writing a novel on the surface of paper; a weather system creates complexity by writing waves on the surface of an ocean. What is the difference between the information carried in the words of a novel and the information carried on the waves of the sea? Listen, and the waves will speak, and someday, I tell you, you will write your thoughts on the surface of the sea.

The wise and good are outnumbered a thousand to one by the brutal and stupid.

Once again, we shall have to operate not only outside the box, but outside the room containing the box.

My first job was washing dishes in the basement of a nursing home for $2.10 an hour, and I learned as much about the value of hard work there as I ever did later.

I need to write in a small room - the smaller the better. I can't write in a big room where someone might sneak up behind my back.

Retribution is just outstanding.

There is nothing inherently wrong about science.