We take for granted how our mind puts everything together.

Death is simply a break in our linear stream of consciousness.

Nothing has existence unless you, I, or some living creature perceives it, and how it is perceived further influences that reality. Even time itself is not exempted from biocentrism.

Religion and science look at reality differently.

The laws of nature are structured so that we grow and change, and get to experience the full spectrum of biological existence.

Time is not an absolute reality but an aspect of our consciousness.

Modern science cannot explain why the laws of physics are exactly balanced for animal life to exist.

Without consciousness, space and time are nothing.

That's absolutely correct and in addition to that life just isn't an accident of the laws of physics. There's a long list of experiments that suggest just the opposite.

We don't have time to wait for President Bush to change his mind. How many breakthroughs have been missed as a result of this policy?

Our linear concept of time means nothing to nature.

If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats.

Mom's smiles were the most beautiful thing in the world, and they almost always made things better. They almost even made an early bedtime okay, but not quite.

I think a lot of good directors listen to music while they're working. The songs just don't become a part of the film. They're replaced.

When I read, I hear what's on the page. I don't know whose voice it is, but some voice is reading to me, and when I write my own stories, I hear it, too.

I really fell in love with Africa.

The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason.

Intoxication is calculated to put heart into the elderly and give them delight in dancing.

Failure was a key element to my life’s journey.

I remember the actor Dale Robertson said he quit acting when he got tired of having to hold his stomach in. I feel that way sometimes.

I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our businesses coming back almost across the board.