Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.

It's humbling to think that all animals, including human beings, are parasites of the plant world.

It's your fiction that interests me. Your studies of the interplay of human motives and emotion.

Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to write and courses on the subject ... they would have spoiled my natural style; made me observe caution; would have hedged me with rules.

I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism.

Congratulations on the new library, because it isn't just a library. It is a space ship that will take you to the farthest reaches of the Universe, a time machine that will take you to the far past and the far future, a teacher that knows more than any human being, a friend that will amuse you and console you-and most of all, a gateway, to a better and happier and more useful life.

Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.