The greater your dreams, the more terrible your nightmares.

Nobody seems more obsessed by diet than our antimaterialist, otherworldly, New Age, spiritual types. But if the material world is merely illusion, an honest guru should as content with Budweiser and bratwurst as with raw carrot juice, tofu, and seaweed slime.

Among politicians and businessmen, *Pragmatism* is the current term for 'To hell with our children.'

My own best books have not been published. In fact, they've not even been written yet.

Science transcends mere politics. As recent history demonstrates, scientists are as willing to work for a Tojo, a Hitler, or a Stalin as for the free nations of the West.

How long does it take to write a good book? All of the years that you've lived.

Simplicity is always a virtue.