There is always a precious prize that awaits anyone who is consistent with a great strategic plan.

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

Socially, a journalist ranks somewhere between the madam of a whorehouse and a bartender. but spiritually he ranks with Galileo, for he knows the world is round.

I am very mistrustful of people who are constantly over intellectualising things. It kills passion. You have to allow yourself to lose control from time to time.

Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.

A big book is a hard thing to manage - I find the computer makes it easier to keep it in order, and to keep the old drafts (which I sometimes go back to) without drowning in paper.

Find peace in the morning rush and you will have a good day.

Wisdom is neither gold, nor silver, nor fame, nor wealth, nor health, nor strength, nor beauty.

That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine our life and character.

It's five o'clock in the morning. You've just pissed on a dumpster. It's Miller time.

Science by itself has no moral dimension. But it does seek to establish truth. And upon this truth morality can be built.