History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.

I think I got a complete picture of what the lives of scientists are like. My father is of the opinion that if scientists are allowed to follow their nose, eventually it results in something. Unfortunately that doesn't always happen. What I came out of it with, in a non-cynical way, was that the scientific process is as messy as anything else. There's nothing wrong with that. That's just the way it is.

An inordinate love of ritual can be harmful to the soul, unless, of course, in times of great crisis, when ritual can protect the soul from fracture.

History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.

Who had the bigger burden? The one who had to watch the other person endure or the one who endured?

But what if you discover that the price of purpose is to render invisible so many other things?

Trust your imagination. Don't be afraid to fail. Write. Revise. Revise. Revise.