Fortunately, I got called down to NASA for an interview. And one thing led to the next, and one day I got that call. I've been here about seven years now and am really enjoying it.

When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on.

It looks like the future's really bright.

Like most kids growing up, I had a very wide interest. I was interested in everything. I tried to take advantage of everything, from the sciences to music to writing to literature.

Science was something that really caught my attention. It was something I really could sink my teeth into.

I was always fascinated by science-fiction shows, shows like 'Star Trek' and 'Lost in Space.'

Any one war seems rooted in its antecedents.

It is only by risking ... that we live at all.

Being funny, it turns out, is like being a bank. It's a confidence trick. As long as everyone believes in you, you are fine.

Everyone must correct his own self; this is something more difficult to cope with, but it is not impossible.

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

It would be horrible to be micro-managed! I don't think directors can really micro-manage people. It's just impossible.

We live in a world of denial, and we don't know what the truth is anymore.

Here I am an old man in a long nightgown making muffled noises at people who may be no worse than I am.

Whether you're religious or not, there is a real need for other people's religious positions to be treated with the upmost respect.

A woman asked me recently, "What are the blocks to my happiness?" I said, "The belief that you have blocks."