I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.

It has always been my ambition to die in harness with my head face down on a keyboard and my nose caught between two of the keys.

The great secret of the successful fool is that he's no fool at all

No vision of God and heaven ever experienced by the most exalted prophet can, in my opinion, match the vision of the universe as seen by Newton or Einstein

It was childish to feel disappointed, but childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child.

One thought that occurs to me is that men will continue to withdraw from nature in order to create an environment that will suit them better.

Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.