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 either have an imaginative mind or you don't. All of my writing is God-given. I don't write my stories - they write themselves.

I like to smell things and look at things, and sometimes stay up all night, walking, and watch the sun rise.

Edgar Allen Poe really started me when I was 8. I fell in love with everything of his.

And besides, I like to cry. After I cry hard it's like it's morning again and I'm starting the day over.

You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

That's life for you," said MacDunn. "Someone always waiting for someone who never comes home. Always someone loving some thing more than that thing loves them. And after a while you want to destroy whatever that thing is, so it can't hurt you no more.