It is impossible to travel faster than light, and certainly not desirable, as one’s hat keeps blowing off.

I have no regard for that kind of ceremony. I just don't think they know what they're doing. When you see who wins those things-or who doesn't win them-you can see how meaningless this Oscar thing is.

Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, human happiness does not seem to be included in the design of creation. It is only we, with our capacity to love that give meaning to the indifferent universe. And yet, most human beings seem to have the ability to keep trying and even try to find joy from simple things, like their family, their work, and from the hope that future generations might understand more.

I don't get depressed; I grow a tumor instead.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.

Yes, but the difference is that when you're dead and somebody yells, 'Everybody up, it's morning,' it's very hard to find your slippers.

And my parents finally realize I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: They rent out my room.