We were put here as witnesses to the miracle of life. We see the stars, and we want them. We are beholden to give back to the universe. If we make landfall on another star system, we become immortal.

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible.

We've let too much time go by. We've been busy with war instead of being busy with peace. And that's what space travel is all about. It's all about peace and exploration and wonder and beauty.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

A book has got to smell. You have to hold it in your hands and pray to it.

You will have to write and put away or burn a lot of material before you are comfortable in this medium. You might as well start now and get the work done. For I believe that eventually quantity will make for quality.

The faster you blurt, the more swiftly you write, the more honest you are.