I never stopped loving the deeper sciences, and I read as deeply into lay science as I can.

When a new writer comes onto a project, he'll make wholesale changes just to mark the territory or for greater credit.

I try to keep up, and the scientific perspective is always part of my creative approach.

I'd wanted to be a writer since I was knee-high. Once I knew that books were written by people and didn't just happen, it was obviously that I would write them, too.

Directing offers you the hope that your vision will reach the screen, unmolested and intact. Therefore, it's tantalizing to all writers.

It is true that, with TV, a writer gets a great deal more respect.

For a successful writer, the secret is to have many irons in the fire. Write the next thing.

You don't control whether your movies get made. You can't. All you can control is whether your draft is great. So, you write your great draft, as best as you can, and then move on to the next thing.

Making the right choices on the worlds we explore is going to be our biggest challenge.

I mean that much more than wiser beings from beyond the stars bringing us enlightenment or death or salvation, we are likely to find ourselves the wisest beings on the scene.

The world may hold startling developments and shocking unknowns.

Two silent time zones had now merged to form the standard time of one man's fate

Anyone who is ignorant, even a lord and prince, can and should be counted as one of the mob.

I have never experienced a sorrow that was not relieved by an hour of reading.

The most dangerous enemy of truth and freedom among us is the compact majority. Yes, the damned, compact, liberal majority...

His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours.

Amo, amas, I love a lass, As a cedar tall and slender; Sweet cowslip's grace is her nominative case, And she's of the feminine gender.

Today, I command my days by confessing that every minute will be blessed and perfect. My confession then has no other choice but to confer blessings upon my life.

Let your inner queen's voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you'll do her proud.

I am a clothes maker, and that's all I am. I only want to talk about the making of the clothes. I don't feel the need to go out there and explain that.

You got to get away from words if you want to understand any animal. It thinks in pictures, it thinks in smells, it thinks in touch sensations - little sound bites like, it's a very detailed memory.