Everything I had read in the fields of fiction and science led me to a single, dark conclusion. Humans are screwed, and so is our planet.

Are we not witnessing a strange tableau of survival whenever a bird alights on the head of a crocodile, bringing together the evolutionary offspring of Triassic and Jurassic?

So science alone cannot solve this problem [mass extinction of humans]. It's something that we can only tackle by bringing science together with culture, economics, and even politics.

I believe that it's fine if the university wants to regulate, for example, bandwidth access, but they should treat the students data as private data.

I think in the long run, it will be better for us if we solve our problems without suffering through some terrible disaster. I like the idea of change without Apocalypse.

We have converted huge swaths of land and ocean into human habitats where we live and grow food and harvest energy. But there's been a sea change in the past century.

It's only a slight exaggeration to say we haven't progressed much beyond the invention of agriculture when it comes to our view of the natural world.

Women are being welcomed into science fiction, but it's through the back door.

We're seeing a new 'Gilded Age, ' where inheritance is a deciding factor in who becomes the wealthiest.

I am a big proponent of character arcs that show us how people change over time.

You can never grow when you don’t place value on time

You can strive in life with courage, faith and hope.

'Tis what I love determines how I love.

The night doesn't say to itself, 'Here comes a shooting star to interrupt my peace!'

I was at number one in Australia with both my album and my single. And then I was told I had cancer. I thought, 'What a strange turn of events.'

The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dives as the men now.

You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice.

Mazur was a remarkable artist. During our time in Rome we became friends. I would often perform my works for him at the piano.

Being ruled by a depraved poet-king who is sacrified each spring is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

I love you and I'm here for you.