The rules of friendship are tacit, unconscious; they are not rational. In business, though, you have to think rationally.

Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language.

Why are empirical questions about how the mind works so weighted down with political and moral and emotional baggage?

All our behaviours are a result of neurophysiological activity in the brain. There is no reason to believe there is any magic going on.

I suspect music is auditory cheesecake, an exquisite confection crafted to tickle the sensitive spots of... our mental faculties.

Evolutionary psychology is one of four sciences that are bringing human nature back into the picture.

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Photography is a kind of virtual reality, and it helps if you can create the illusion of being in an interesting world.

Plants can't very well defend themselves by their behavior, so they resort to chemical warfare, and plants are saturated with toxins and irritants to deter creatures like us who want to eat them.

I would argue that nothing gives life more purpose than the realization that every moment of consciousness is a precious and fragile gift.

Babies are born with the instinct to speak, the way spiders are born with the instinct to spin webs. You don't need to train babies to speak; they just do. But reading is different.

I suggest to wash tongues and heads with soap for some people. But I'm not sure that it would help

I wanted to be a district attorney and solve hidden problems or maybe even be a leper-colony missionary and save people.

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

Well time has a way of throwing it all in your face. The past, she is haunted, the future is laced.

Hurricane Irene ... the storm was huge news. In fact, the Weather Channel reported something they haven't seen in years. Viewers.

As a comic book artist, once you become a master, you end up a slave. In fine art you're always free... since I couldn't make it at Marvel, I made my life a carnival.

My whole staff love to laugh and count the money. On the couch, hands in our pants like Al Bundy.

The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge myself as much as I can.

I like my groundstrokes, I can say. I like it. That's my game - I'm a groundstroke player and I play pretty aggressive.

In some ways, TV is more regimented, but there is a level of professionalism that's very high, among the people that work in television.