And all I knew about drugs was what I read in magazines like Time and Life. I learned that marijuana was a dangerous addictive drug and that I should stay away from it.

Science has not been successful by making up explanations of things that fit with the current social fabric.

I'm really optimistic in the mornings.

I think I might have been stupid in some respects, it if weren't for my psychedelic experiences.

There is a general place in your brain, I think, reserved for melancholy of relationships past. It grows and prospers as life progresses, forcing you finally, against your better judgment, to listen to country music.

I like writing about biology, not doing it.

You can't ask your pharmacist to stock larger quantities of potassium nitrate because you want to make a bigger rocket.