Hollywood was a good influence because I was madly in love with films, and the films had a direct influence on me.

Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.

We are the witnesses to the miracle. We are put here by creation, by God....We're here to be the audience to the magnificent. It is our job to celebrate.

I never went to college, so I went to the library.

What should I do?" "Throw up in your typewriter every morning." "Yeah." "Clean up every noon.

Space travel is life-enhancing, and anything that's life-enhancing is worth doing. It makes you want to live forever.

Ideas and philosophies change just as machines do. Religions changed because of the birth control pill. Politics changes because of the hydrogen bomb. All because of science fictional inventions.