Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is.

The writing is always the easy part, provided I can get the good material. It's the getting of the good material that's a challenge.

Sexual desire is a state not unlike hunger.

In 'Packing for Mars,' I tried to convey the importance of getting young people interested in science.

Worry lives a long way from rational thought."---Self

The simplest strategy for bouts of noxious flatus is to not care. Or perhaps to take advantage of a gastroenterologist I know: get a dog. (To blame.)

All the clothes in my closet are Oakland, California, clothes. You can't wear those anywhere else. The barometric pressure drops and then where are you?