Part of the pleasure of any kind of walking for me is the very idea of going somewhere-by foot.

Adventure is our birthright.

Fishing can come as close to doing nothing as anything I can think of.

The joy in catching butterflies is the joy of capturing - for an instant - utter beauty. The satisfaction of being able to let it go is immense.

The great tragedy of Science: the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.

I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent.

My lack of access to the real world has been replaced completely by books, and it can’t be healthy to live in a land of happily ever afters.

Most people don't know how to listen because the major part of their attention is taken up by thinking.

I've received many good pieces of advice throughout my life.

My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.

There's this part of Judaism that I like. Tikun Alum. It said that the world is broken into pieces and everyone has to find it.

If you actually have to engage with somebody who's superior to you and actually battle with them, struggle with them, I think it's more interesting, and funnier for the audience.

Even Eichmann was sickened when he toured the concentration camps.