I don't think anyone is going to Hell, because it only exists in the minds of people who wish ill will on others.

People need to understand the basics of evolution if they are going to reject it—otherwise, they are not contributing anything productive to modern society.

It's not a random chance that we have Alanis Morissette. She didn't evolve out of a null and void. She came from a former template. She borrowed styles and sounds from a very limited set of other artists.

I've always been on a quest to use science in an artful way.

This era in human existence where so much information is out there, it's easy for someone like Donald Trump to use that to make his claim that information is fake news. And there are people who think 'I guess we should believe the President when he says it's fake news.'

I usually am thinking about my next book the second I put the last dot on the previous one that I turn in.

there is no such thing as hell but you can make it if you try