...at some indiscernible moment he sees all of us clearly — every face distinct, like immiscible droplets of water, all of us individuals constituting an interconnected sea of beings.

Soft flesh mingled with defiant will to create one frustratingly perfect woman.

The only people I have been able to use are those who fought

You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.

If I'm over a song two weeks after I made it, I'm not going to put it out. It has to last months.

Don't make excuses, make good.

A God you understood would be less than yourself.

Money will not make you happy, and happy will not make you money.

The more people say nice things about me, the more I feel it's false.

Who is getting more pleasure from this rocking, the baby or me?

The freedom to make and admit mistakes is at the core of the scientific process. If we are asked to forswear error, or worse, to say that error means fraud, then we cannot function as scientists.