The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda. Perceiving the truth has always been a challenge to mankind, but in the information age (or as I think of it, the disinformation age) it takes on a special urgency and importance.

One of the most difficult things for a writer in this business to accept is the uncertain fate of one's work.

The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch with the realities of its existence, it becomes exinct.

I can tell you that second hand smoke is not a health hazard to anyone and never was, and the EPA has always known it.

The nasty little apes that call themselves human beings can do nothing except run and hide.

At forty, I was too old to work as a programmer myself anymore; writing code is a young person’s job.

I hadn't traveled with the intention of learning about anything except myself. And the real point of all this travel was not what I had come to believe or disbelieve about the wider world, but what I had learned about myself.