I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect of yourself.

Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.

nothing can wear you out like caring about people

To deal with a 14-dimensional space, visualize a 3-D space and say 'fourteen' to yourself very loudly. Everyone does it.

I think we should think of AI as the intellectual equivalent of a backhoe. It will be much better than us at a lot of things.

They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.

In science, you can say things that seem crazy, but in the long run they can turn out to be right. We can get really good evidence, and in the end the community will come around.

If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky

I refuse to say anything beyond five years because I don't think we can see much beyond five years.

I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.

Backhoes can save us a lot of digging. But of course, you can misuse it.

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

The only question left to be settled now is are women persons?

Twenty-five hundred years ago it might have been said that man understood himself as well as any other part of the world. Today he is the thing he understands least.

The only time you have a free press is when you own one.

Gonzo journalism is a style of reporting based on William Faulkner's idea that the best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism.

Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.

I like things that are educational and educational. I like things that are inspirational.

Directors love to do music, they've been doing that all along.

I rather like getting away from fiction.