You wouldn't believe the kind of hate mail I get about my work on irregular verbs.

Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language.

Why are empirical questions about how the mind works so weighted down with political and moral and emotional baggage?

All our behaviours are a result of neurophysiological activity in the brain. There is no reason to believe there is any magic going on.

I suspect music is auditory cheesecake, an exquisite confection crafted to tickle the sensitive spots of... our mental faculties.

Evolutionary psychology is one of four sciences that are bringing human nature back into the picture.

Thanks to the redundancy of language, yxx cxn xndxrstxnd whxt x xm wrxtxng xvxn xf x rxplxcx xll thx vxwxls wxth xn "x" (t gts lttl hrdr f y dn't vn kn whr th vwls r)

Photography is a kind of virtual reality, and it helps if you can create the illusion of being in an interesting world.

Plants can't very well defend themselves by their behavior, so they resort to chemical warfare, and plants are saturated with toxins and irritants to deter creatures like us who want to eat them.

I would argue that nothing gives life more purpose than the realization that every moment of consciousness is a precious and fragile gift.

Babies are born with the instinct to speak, the way spiders are born with the instinct to spin webs. You don't need to train babies to speak; they just do. But reading is different.

You cannot control the ocean, but you can guide the rivers that feed it.

Mother, I will look to like. If looking liking moves.

The first and great commandment is don't let them scare you.

My art is rooted in a single reflection: why am I not as others are? ... my art gives meaning to my life.

You remind me of Hubert Humphrey. You talk too much

Donald Trump abuses his power, games the system, puts his own interests ahead of the country's.

Being with him made my brain quiet. I didn't have to invent a thing.

There's a moon in my body, but I can't see it! A moon and a sun. A drum never touched by hands, beating, and I can't hear it!

Loyal? As loyal as anyone who plays second fiddle ever is.

The development of the Internet has posed new challenges to national sovereignty, security and development interests.