Observations in cosmology look just as they can be expected to look if there is no God.

The most fundamental laws of physics are not restrictions on the behaviour of matter. Rather, they are restrictions on the way physicists may describe that behaviour.

The origin and the operation of the universe do not require any violations of the laws of physics.

The transition of nothing-to-something is a natural one, not requiring any agent.

Infinity...is used in physics simply as a shorthand for "a very big number.

As the essence of courage is to stake one's life on a possibility, so the essence of faith is to believe the possibility exists.

But you might as well bid a man struggling in the water, rest within arm's length of the shore! I must reach it first, and then I'll rest.

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

It's crazy to close doors to any genres.

If only I could manage, without annoyance to my family, to get imprisoned for 10 years, "without hard labour," and with the use of books and writing materials, it would be simply delightful!

My favorite works are the ones where I get to expose what is really behind the "brands."

the days of our lives vanish utterly, more insubstantial than if they had been invented. Fiction can seem more enduring than reality.

Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that.

I had a love for photography, which of course rolled into cinematography.

I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies.