Maybe science is just magic with delusions of lack of grandeur.

There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They're totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point.

We're all of us dying . . . from the moment we're born

What do we think of sex on television? Frankly, I think it's a pain. For one thing, the cable box gets wedged into your back and gets real uncomfortable.

And to all of you, what it really comes down to is: If you're buying a book with my name on it, I feel I owe it to you to have it be the best book that I can make it.

To the brave crew and passengers of the Kobayshi Maru…sucks to be you.

...They are merely scars, not mortal wounds and you must use them to propel you forward.