Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans favour research using embryonic stem cells and yet politicians continue to pander to the outspoken religious minority that is hampering efforts to develop this potentially valuable technology.

[As a young man ] I came to the conclusion that the church was just a bunch of fascists that supported Franco. I stopped going on Sunday mornings and watched the birds with my father instead.

Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged.

Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you're not going to hire them.

It's necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.

I have been much blessed.

I wanted to see if I could write a good book.