How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.

No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything.

Babies have big heads and big eyes, and tiny little bodies with tiny little arms and legs. So did the aliens at Roswell! I rest my case.

You have to create your life. You have to carve it, like a sculpture.

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

We're all embers from the same fire. Our ember winks out, we're ashes, we go back to the fire.

Has it ever occurred to you that how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life?

Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.

The mysteriousness and mystique of space is such, that science fiction attempts to tantalize you by telling you a story that could possibly be out there and that's the appeal of science fiction.

Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life.

What does God need with a starship?

We can let go of the person or love or friendship without letting go of the lesson.

The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public. In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.

It seemed to him a very Edinburgh thing. Welcoming, but not very.

No negotiation is ever possible if you have to negotiate not only with the people in the room but also with some other committee in permanent session.

Be more than man, or thou'rt less than an ant.

Personally, I don't wear fur.

A quick smile is more seductive than a slinky dress.

Flattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.

Charisma, that's my strong point. My personality was always good, but with music I had to grow into it. I grew into who I am now.

To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.