I think it's important that we give back to society and our fellow man regardless of our professions. We all need help at times. And when we support each other, we're all a little stronger.

Trithemius' concern for conservation was rare, indeed, and is a lesson to modern library managers who discard printed volumes, believing that e-books are the only way of the future.

A head full of stars, just not in constellation yet.

I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of a volcano. Near a volcano one still falls in love, one still gets jealous, one still wants a promotion, one still gossips.

I'm certainly well taken care of in terms of food and clothes.

Our own species evolved under the influence of group selection, as Darwin emphasized when he discussed the evolution of altruism.

After paying for the wedding, about the only thing a father has left to give away is the bride.

Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.

You cannot defect form an insight. You cannot unsee what you have seen.

I've always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde rock scene, because I think I was sort of swimming the wrong way, really.

I live life in the margins of society, and the rules of normal society don't apply to those who live on the fringe.