Being an ordinary scientist and an ordinary Christian seems perfectly natural to me. It is also perfectly natural for the many scientists I know who are also people of deep religious faith.

I believe in God because of a personal faith, a faith that is consistent with what I know about science.

Without the friendship we'd never have discovered the reason we were friends.

We are known to be anti-authoritarian, anti-institutional, and notoriously anti-religious—more likely to quote Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Monty Python, or Star Trek than the Bible.

are you certain that a man's life begins with his birth?

I cannot think of any work that could be more agreeable and fun than making books for children.

At the time of writing, I don't write for my friends or myself either; I write for it, for the pleasure of it.

Even in the best of lives, mistakes are made.

Particularly as a Jew, I don't like missionary work. I've had it focused on me, and I don't like it. Let people be what they want to be.

Old age likes indecency. It's a sign of life.

It's very important to be as transparent, as real as possible, as a person.

Friendship reaches well above all currency.