My sincere thanks to friends and family, especially my mother, father, brother, and Mandy, who continue to love and support me despite my obsessions.

Science Fiction: Any scientific acclaim that omits God.

When superstitions infect you, it controls your mind.

Envy is human nature.

We look at a person and see the person we want to see. I've had to deal with that my whole life, walking in a room and girls thinking I'm going to steal their boyfriends!

Pelé was a complete player. I didn't see him live obviously, because I wasn't born.

The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other’s welcome.

Our saving grace! Um, as a species [humans] we can be pretty warm and fuzzy. But maybe for this, it's the adaptability, or the heart and soul. We're not all that bad. I don't really know!

One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience.

It is so seldom in this world that things come just when they are wanted.

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.