...no matter how complex or affluent, human societies are nothing but subsystems of the biosphere, the Earth's thin veneer of life, which is ultimately run by bacteria, fungi and green plants.

Energy is the only universal currency: one of its many forms must be transformed to another in order for stars to shine, planets to rotate, plants to grow, and civilizations to evolve.

You get up and, first thing in the morning, you do your 500 words. Do it every day and you’ve got a book in eight or nine months.

I didn't want to kiss you goodbye — that was the trouble — I wanted to kiss you good night — and there's a lot of difference.

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

For the shadows to stop growing. For people to stop being angry.

I believe devoutly in the Word. The Word can save all destroy all stop the inevitable and express the inexpressible.

Our natures lie in motion, without which we die.

I love action shows. I love drama. There's no one type of thing. Television has gotten so good, and there's so much to do.

I can't think of anything that I turned down that became big and successful.

I'm a human. When I got hit in front of people of course I was angry so that's why my expression was like that.

When you see #‎ happiness in the happiness of others, that's when you will be truly happy.

Asking God for a specific thing will amount to limiting God to a specific answer.