One of the things that made me persist in the Antarctic in the face of sickening discouragements was my determination to name a portion of the earth's surface after my father.

If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration.

Not until, years later, I found my true interest in life did I discover that I could master a subject, no matter how difficult, if it helped me in what I wanted to do.

The world is moving faster and faster, but where are we going?

How well we communicate is determined not by how well we say things but how well we are understood.

Ritualism is nothing more than a rut and the only difference between a rut and a grave is the length and the depth.

I dont fully understand my wifes emotions - and Im supposed to write an excellent female character and unravel the secret of women?

If only the people around you know youre an artist, then youre doing something wrong.

I went back to graduate school because I wanted to avoid being a professional, to try to piece together a life that would let me avoid the tenure race and full-time teaching.

Hollywood - it's either people who are unhappy or soon will be.

One amino acid does not a protein make-let alone a being.

To the extent that these [New Deal policies] developed, they were tortured interpretations of a document [the Constitution] intended to prevent them.

Getting along with others is the essence of getting ahead, success being linked with cooperation.