I mean that much more than wiser beings from beyond the stars bringing us enlightenment or death or salvation, we are likely to find ourselves the wisest beings on the scene.

The reality of space travel I think is somewhere in the middle. We will get there, it will be hard, it will take a long time, and in the end, the most extraordinary thing we will find when we get there will be ourselves.

Real space movies have to involve zero gravity and a world without up or down.

Making the right choices on the worlds we explore is going to be our biggest challenge.

It is true that, with TV, a writer gets a great deal more respect.

I never stopped loving the deeper sciences, and I read as deeply into lay science as I can.

For a successful writer, the secret is to have many irons in the fire. Write the next thing.