I always felt it was necessary to keep up some kind of communication with other people.

I very much admired Lancaster. George Clooney reminds me of him today. Not all the macho, swinging around that Burt used to do, but the courage. You know where you stand with men like that.

We must keep our freedom of mind, ... and must believe that in nature what is absurd, according to our theories, is not always impossible.

And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him.

I stayed there loving you, though the love made me, not sad but I guess melancholy, for a reason I couldn’t point to.

The time to build a network is always before you need one.

One step at a time is all it takes to get you there.

The challenge is always before us. Whenever we lose sight of the principles that mattered to our founders we run into trouble.

I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.

For pleasure, I'll read military sf, or Elmore Leonard capers, anything that's fast and fun. Otherwise, I mostly pick at books, without any clear focus.

What now? (Shahara) I’m thinking. (Syn) Could you think a little quicker? (Shahara) You’re not helping. (Syn) You’re lucky you’re still breathing and not limping. (Shahara)

Life is droll. It has no common sense. It is the game of a mountebank.