Some religions believe that there's a hierarchy, that you don't have a connection, but you must go through the shaman or the priest or whoever the religious leader is. And that's what surprises me, that some people who find a huge value in these kinds of systems also seem to enjoy ILLUSIONS. I can't figure it out.

I do not enjoy writing at all. If I can turn my back on an idea, out there in the dark, if I can avoid opening the door to it, I won't even reach for a pencil.

I've learned that it is what I do not know that I fear, and I strive, outwardly from pride, inwardly from the knowledge that the unknown is what will finally kill me, to know all there is to be known about my airplane. I will never die.

You're never given a dream without the power to make it true.

Judge not by the form of the messenger, but the form of the message.

Nobody comes to Earth to dodge problems. We come here to take 'em on.

Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection.