I write with teenagers in mind.

The only thing binding individuals together is ideas. Ideas mutate and spread; they change their hosts as much as their hosts change them.

I try not to be surprised. Surprise is the public face of a mind that has been closed.

Thought, like any parasite, cannot exist without a compliant host.

A society that fears knowledge is a society that fears itself.

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism.

Many scholars have complained of our tendency to see history only in conflicts, but I am not convinced they are right. It is in conflict that our values are exposed.

... from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear itself.

Which came first, the mind or the idea of the mind? Have you never wondered? They arrived together. The mind is an idea.

In the end, living is defined by dying.

Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst.

We know something about billionaire consumption, but it is hard to measure some of it. Some billionaires are consuming politicians, others consume reporters, and some consume academics...

First of all, I'm not the kind of guy that likes to rehash the show and so forth and so on.

I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.

People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.

Romance lasts forever, love don't fade away. They may take away our future, but they can't stop yesterday.

You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.

Ever since I was a little kid, I was competitive.

Jet, I can almost remember their funny faces

I'm fed up with the idiots... the ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies and the people who green-light the movies.

I hated golf when we first started, but a big part of the training process was falling in love with this sport, so I went on tour with the UCLA Team.