Writing a book is a way of thinking to me, the only way of thinking that I have found successful.

Even though I was making documentaries, my films had fictional elements to them. I think I like blurring those distinctions because so much of what we see on television purports to be the truth, but it's often largely imaginary - or wishful thinking, or any number of less honorable things.

That's what it feels like when I write, like I have this beautiful world in my head, but when I try to remember it in order to write it down, I change it, and I can't ever get it back.

Life is evanescent, but left to itself it rarely fails to offer some consolation.

No matter how much bullying they inflict on my body, as long as I have this hope, I can endure any pain.

By the time we, consumers, are aware of processes like genetic engineering, they're already being done. It's sort of like the war in Iraq: By the time we know about it, it's almost a fait accompli. And that's certainly true with science.

Information is a lot like water; it's hard to hold on to, and hard to keep from leaking away.