The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself,' he said. 'And even after that, when the robots recall the human absurdities of sacrifice and compassion, they will remember us.

In general, watching children's television is a dark and surreal descent into madness where the characters on the screen talk directly to you.

Where do you come up with these zingers, Clint? Do you own some kind of joke factory in Indonesia where you've got eight-year-olds working ninety hours a week to deliver you that kind of top-quality witticism? There are boy bands with more original material.

Nothing to be gained by worrying between now and then.

You completely unscatter me, and I appreciate that too much.

When we think of death, we often imagine it as happening in degrees: We think of a sick person becoming less and less alive until finally they are gone.

It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing.