In really, really good science fiction the line between the science and the fiction is blurry.

Connecting dots is not that rewarding of an experience.

I've always been fascinated by Disneyland and Disney World, and my favorite part of the park was always Tomorrowland.

There is no suspense in inevitability.

If you do something awesome, you should be proud of yourself.

All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.

Once you spend more than $100 million on a movie, you have to save the world.

One person's magical thinking is another person's cynicism.

I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories.

As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you have to find a way to tell that story.

I'm not glass-half-full, glass-half-empty; I'm like, "There's a glass?"

I'm going to live to be twenty-five, ' she said, 'then die.

Since childhood at my mother's knee, I have believed in honor, ethics and right living as its own reward. I find a very small minority who agree with me on that premise.

When Erin first rose from the dark-swelling flood God blessed the green island he saw it was good. The Emerald of Europe it sparkled and shone In the ring of this world the most precious stone.

One day ladies will take their computers for walks in the park and tell each other, "My little computer said such a funny thing this morning".

And an ocean can swallow you, even when you can swim.

I love everything about the South; I even love hate.

Trousers and the reputation of not being a thief are similar in the following way: There is no particular honor in having them butonce they are lost, everyone thinks they have the right to insult us.

We exhaust ourselves more from the tension and the consequences of internal disharmony than from hard, unremitting work.

I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

The way I like to measure greatness is... How many people can you make want to be better?