Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

People think of education as something that they can finish.

There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don't come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.

A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

I remember going on carriage rides with Dad when we'd visit. I think quiet L.A. suited him better, but he loved to see shows here, he loved to visit his friends in the Hamptons.

The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.

I think it's quite extraordinary that people cast me as if I'm Warren Beatty: until I met my present wife, at the age of 35, you could name two girlfriends.

The world is, for the most part, a collective madhouse, and practically everyone, however "normal" his facade, is faking sanity.

Ideally, peace means the absence of violence. It is an ethical value.

I enjoy eating and have no issues with eating. I am not going to be one of those girls who have to watch her weight.

Everybody writes a book too many.

The two sides of the equation are the same. We have a tautology. The definition is meaningless.

Free enterprise, individual opportunity, limited government. They made America great; only they can keep America strong.

Mussolini never killed anyone. Mussolini used to send people on vacation in internal exile.