I'm basically a dinosaur. I don't use e-mail. But I do recognize the importance of science and the resulting possibilities.

Nanotechnology in medicine is going to have a major impact on the survival of the human race.

Kids are wandering around the streets today that will become tomorrow's criminals that were yesterday's heroes.

People used to believe only a professional could do tiling or install track lighting. That's utter nonsense.

We could be the biggest pantyhose seller in America, but we don't want to weaken the link in shoppers' minds between Home Depot and do-it-yourself projects.

When I understood the rudiments of what nanotech was all about, I knew I wanted to participate.

I'm very politically active, but that has nothing to do with my charity.

The only good is knowledge and the only evil ignorance.

I have always liked clothes - throughout my life, my saving grace has been my own vanity.

It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all kind of evens out.

All you can do is create a space for transformation to happen, for grace and love to enter.

Love is so exquisitely elusive. It cannot be bought, cannot be badgered, cannot be hijacked. It is available only in one rare form: as the natural response of a healthy mind and healthy heart.

What makes Existence really nice Is Virtue--with a dash of Vice.

Bookstores will not disappear but will exploit digital technologies to increase their virtual and physical inventories, and perhaps become publishers themselves.

I wish I had been more mature. I wish I had handled the immediate aftermath of the accident involving my family better.

It is weakness which breeds fear, and fear breeds distrust.

I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus.