I've always been interested in gadgets and technology and I've always been a reader.

I think reading is part of the birthright of the human being

I fly my geek flag proudly. Absolutely.

As long as we are engaged in storytelling that moves the culture forward, it doesn't matter what format it is.

I'm enormously proud of the fact that Star Trek has really not just sparked an interest, but encouraged, a few generations of people to go into the sciences.

For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.

I get most of my news updates from electronic and social media.

In a society that functions optimally, those who can should naturally want to provide for those who can't. That's how it's designed to work. I truly believe we're here to take care of one another.

Maturity is a series of shattered illusions.

Libraries do one thing that no other institution does and that's provide access to all.

Reading a hard copy book, and reading a book on an iPad are slightly different experiences. What they both have in common though is that you must engage your imagination in the process.

Never forget to be kind when you have to be critical.

Life gives us the music but we can raise or lower the volume as we like

I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.

I should think it takes a fairly low intellect to draw pleasure from the following activity: hitting a ball with a crooked stick. and then walking after it! An then ..hitting it again!

I think vulnerable is something you should always be. [It] makes you open to each experience. I try not to see vulnerability as a negative.

I have to lie, if I don't want to take madmen seriously and become a madman myself

I'm usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours.

In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage.

Few concepts are as basic as the role of workers in our economic structure and their participation in equity ownership.

The person who experiences most wins.