When I was a kid, I was very much interested in magic and science. They fueled interest in one another.

Saying slavery was the cause of secession isn't politically correct; it's correct correct.

When I was a kid, there was kind of a given that there were some really bad, racist police out there. That's just what America was like when I was a kid.

There always seemed to be a place for God and, to me, it seemed like God was a place in the unknown side of the ledger.

Science was the known and then people would place God in the unknown, like God explained the unknown.

When I was a kid, I was very much interested in magic and science. They fueled interest in one another.

I try to impart this when people say they want to be a writer and they want to go into show biz. I say, "Well, have you taken any courses? You can't just have a passion for it; you have to prepare yourself for a life of it."