There is far, far more to being human than any of us can become on our own.

I think we're supposed to know everything we can figure out. I don't think we're supposed to make up answers just because we can't stand living with unanswered questions.

You will find what you seek.

Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can't even finish my second apple pie.

Surgery was the most difficult thing I could imagine.And so I became a surgeon.

God is not dead but alive and well and working on a much less ambitious project.

Downloading a Tamagotchi egg onto my phone is possibly the loudest my biological clock has ever ticked.

I think gold is a great thing to sew onto your garments if you're a Jewish family in Vienna in 1939, but civilized people don't buy gold, they invest in productive businesses.

You have options when it comes to abortion now. It's not like 1955 when you just had to kick her down a staircase and hope for the best... you feed her a tapeworm and hope it takes a left at the Y.

Creating-that is the great salvation from suffering.

Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last.