It's hard not to like Asimov; he's a really likable guy.

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy.

Write even when the world is chaotic. You don’t need a cigarette, silence, music, a comfortable chair, or inner peace to write. You just need ten minutes and a writing implement.

The fact is, almost everything you do is collaborative. Somewhere out there, someone else had a hand it it.

Universal access to human knowledge is in our grasp, for the first time in the history of the world. This is not a bad thing.

The big problem isn’t piracy, it’s obscurity.

We don’t care about what you did yesterday—we care about what you’re going to do tomorrow.

Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.

Most people are not going after what they want. Even some of the most serious goal seekers and goal setters, they're going after what they think they can get.

Non-duality has been the root of all religious movements on this planet.

The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher.

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.

Saying farewell is also a bold and powerful beginning.

I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans.

People change, no use getting sentimental about it. Move on, find someone else.

That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.

I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing.

I try to stay in the best physical shape that I can because I do most of my own stunts. It looks amazing if you can do it, but I dont advocate it because you always get injured.