Real life isn't a series of interconnected events occurring one after another - like beads strung on a necklace. Life is actually a series of encounters in which one event may change those that follow in a wholly unpredictable, even devastating way.
Michael CrichtonWriting a book is a bit like going on location for a movie. You're absent from your life, your family, and your friends. You're psychologically gone, so you might as well be physically gone.
Michael CrichtonThe academic world was marching toward ever more specialized knowledge, expressed in ever more dense jargon.
Michael Crichton