I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

It seemed to me that I should have a desk, even though I had no real need for a desk. I was afraid that if I had no desk in my room my life would seem too haphazard.

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.