People become so obsessed with the future, they make it up.

I found that reading gave me a certain relief – one form of escapism that seemed safe, and maybe more than safe. I felt saner – less fragmented- after reading for an hour.location 3234

To create a word is simple. But to create a world – to think – that’s hard.

Sometimes the best way out of darkness is into it.

Language also acts like love in form.

In truth, it was also by design: as much as I loved my mother, she wasn't often the person I sought for comfort in hard times. She disapproved tacitly of crying.

But maybe because I'm from a part of the country where there are more meth labs than drive-throughs, anything harder than cough syrup always makes me nervous.

Be happy without picking flaws.

Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.

For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977

I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.

If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.

Research is so unpredictable. There are periods when nothing works and all your experiments are a disaster and all your hypotheses are wrong.

I live in New York and it's the greatest city, but sometimes I want to move to the place with the porch and the lemonade and the farm.

Our kids haven't any airs about them. I don't like posh kids who don't like dirty dolls or expect a chauffeur every time they go out.

Either you will do now what it takes or ten years from now you wish that you had.

The more you are afflicted, the more you ought to rejoice, because in the fire of tribulation the soul will become pure gold, worthy to be placed and to shine in the heavenly palace.