[I]t wasn't history that was too fragile, but me.

I read once that water is a symbol for emotions. And for a while now I've thought maybe my mother drowned in both.

When I do the permanent projects or the big projects, when a work is finished, that's the beginning of its life.

I surround myself with a talented group of people that are opinionated and interesting. I try to remain very open to what others have to say.

Very simply, the culture of another people does not have to be accepted when it is subhuman!

There is a pleasure in affecting affectation.

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end.

In thinking about nanotechnology today, what's most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnology will look like after we reach the assembler breakthrough.

When you're in a dark place, and your light is going to run out before too long, you get on with things. It's a wonder to me how few people apply that same logic to their lives.

The celebration... you cannot practice it or anything. It's a moment when the excitement of your goal make you react to the moment.

The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for pastime but not to kill time; who love books, but do not live by books

It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.