The world has become one big grassy knoll, crawling with lone gunmen who think they're the Warren Commission.

Of all the sciences, astronomy was the one the superstitious liked least.

I don't really believe in the Devil, but if the Devil is the Father of Lies, then he certainly invented the Internet.

The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing.

Science fiction made me aware of how big and strange the universe was, leaving aside the whole question of aliens.

For us scientists, on the other wing, life is not quite so simple. Because we learn the unknown. Unlike, hah-hah, our esteemed friends the philosophers, who learn the unknowable.

What if capitalism is unsustainable, and socialism is impossible?