The universe isn't going to be conquered by legions of geriatrics. No offense.

Damn real live people, getting in the way of peaceful ideals.

You can’t afford anthropomorphic biases when some of the aliens most like us would rather make human hamburgers than peace.

Trust your weapon, it is almost certainly smarter than you are. Remember this and you may yet live.

What is it like when you lose someone you love?" Jane asked."You die, too. And you wait around for your body to catch up.

Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us. I miss meaning something to someone, having that part of being human.

I'm going to go pee. If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder.

The universe is a big place. Maybe we're not in the best neighborhood.

Relations were never good (how comfortable can you really be with a race that sees you as a nutritious part of a complete breakfast).

What we don't know can't hurt us.

Colonization is the key to our race’s survival. It’s as simple as that. We must colonize or be closed off and contained by other races.

When you blame, you open up a world of excuses, because as long as you're looking outside, you miss the opportunity to look inside, and you continue to suffer.

The men sit around getting fat and arguing with each other about something they call “philosophy” - most of which is pure nonsense.

Every stage of life is a chapter of a book.

As a filmmaker, you aspire to want to make movies that can hopefully stand the test of time, but you never know when that will happen or if that will happen.

Knowledge and courage take turns at greatness.

I am the best male ally I have ever heard of for women and women's liberation.

I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.

My vulnerability is thinking that I am not worth people's time or space at times.

The fable of a god or gods visiting the earth did not originate with Christianity.

A lot of my work just sort of flows and comes out of me and I don't know why or where.