The method of 'postulating' what we want has many advantages

Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and snuff it out.

I think that's one of the reasons it's nice to leave out a lot; it can become a lot more personal to people if there is room for them to put their own experiential time track on it.

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

Mathematics is fun if you don't let mathematicians push you around when you are doing it.

For me, I was given a great gift by my father and my mother in that I was never told any idea was bad. I was told I could explore any thought as long as I wasn't hurting someone else.

You don't throw clothes away, because you know it's going to come back in fashion!

Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something.

Never criticize Americans. They have the best taste that money can buy.

I actually want to go up into space.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.