Science fiction made me aware of how big and strange the universe was, leaving aside the whole question of aliens.

The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing.

I don't really believe in the Devil, but if the Devil is the Father of Lies, then he certainly invented the Internet.

The world has become one big grassy knoll, crawling with lone gunmen who think they're the Warren Commission.

Falling in love indicated that your genes were complementary to those of the loved one. It told you nothing about when your personalities and sexualities were compatible.

What if capitalism is unsustainable, and socialism is impossible?

Change the problem by changing your mind.

The idea of determinism combined with complete human responsibility struck me as very hard to reconcile with an idea of justice, let alone mercy.

All life is a struggle for existence. Why should it cease to be a struggle if it spreads among the stars?

"Anyway... I find what you write interesting." "That's what people usually say when they disagree with it."

Of all the sciences, astronomy was the one the superstitious liked least.

Experience is more important than knowledge.

Uncertainty is the normal state.

To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfiction.

When Trump says fake news, he means journalism that makes points with which he disagrees, usually about him.

I never had any backlash from the model-turned-actor thing.

The way I feel about it is: Beat me or feed me, but don't tease me. It's toy food; who needs it? Serve it to toy people.

Communists love to make films about composers, because composers compose music and don't talk subversive things.

A good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser.

I think there is a point in every teenager's life where they are forced to come into themselves.

Enlightenment is your ego's greatest disappointment.