And he listened to me. That was the thing he did, as if he was trying to fill himself up with all the sound he could hear.

There were only the great diamonds and sapphires and emerald mists and velvet inks of space, with God's voice mingling among the crystal fires.

War is a bad thing, but peace can be a living horror

There were differences between memories and dreams. He had only dreams of things he had wanted to do, while Lespere had memories of things done and accomplished.

Oh, death in space was most humorous.

Somewhere on the Earth tonight, my Tylla, there is a Man with a Lever, which, when he pulls it, Will Save The World. The man is now unemployed. His switch gathers dust. He himself plays pinochle.

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.

When I was your age I knew nothing about the world or my place in it. I figured I'd be someone's wife, then someone's mother. It never occurred to me to be someone myself.

Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing.

Six Seconds should be Rick Mofina's breakout thriller. It moves like a tornado.

I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.

People are more impulsive and they get slightly less impulsive as they get older and the impulsiveness interacting with the depression is particularly devastating and lethal, potentially lethal.

Paul Scholes is just fantastic. When you play alongside him, you realise what a special talent he is.

Detroit was really fun, FYI, in case anybody wants to go to Detroit. I love it. I did.

Do we dare be ourselves? That is the question that counts.

As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.