Freedom is always wise.

There is, I think, nothing in the world more futile than the attempt to find out how a task should be done when one has not yet decided what the task is.

Civilization is not a burden. It is an opportunity.

Democracy is the art of thinking independently together.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

It is easier to overcome people's judgments than to overcome our own self-judgment.

Writing is a journey into the unknown.

Dictators have always played on the natural human tendency to blame others and to oversimplify.

My parents walked in on me Googling 'agents for kids' when I was 9.

In trying to teach children a great deal in a short time, they are treated not as though the race they were to run was for life, but simply a three-mile heat.

As I've said before and I've said it in the past.

The experience of space is not a privilege of the gifted few, but a biological function.

I know that my mind is so A.D.D., and I want instant gratification - and photography can provide me with that - but at some point, I want to make an independent feature.