Mathematical high culture collides with pop culture and all hell breaks loose! Harris takes us on a wild ride--never a dull moment!

As Hamlet tells his friend, ''There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'' Well then, we must try harder to dream!

A random sequence is one that cannot be algorithmically compressed : the shortest description of a random sequence is simply the sequence itself.

Randomness is the true foundation of mathematics.

Bertrand Russell started off as a mathematician and then degenerated into a philosopher and finally into a humanist; he went downhill rapidly!

But if we play it safe, the problem is that we may be losing out, and I believe we are.

Chaol, " he said, looking over his shoulder. Dorian's eyes were frozen, his jaw clenched. "Treat her well.

It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall but to lie there and grunt is.

It's more and more difficult to get through to your audience with all of the clutter. This is a great way for Ace to get [its] message out.

If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let the children starve on his dissonances?

It's a wonderful world. You can't go backwards. You're always moving forward. It's the wonderful part about life. And that's terrific.

I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.

It would be nice if you’d stop almost killing me because you don’t want to screw other peo­ple.

We have the right to our own bodies.

I'm not reclusive. I'm out and about.

I'm not that interested in writing for myself. That's not where my impetus as a writer comes from.