I used to not back down from a challenge.

I actually feel that the different kinds of stories come out of different parts of my brain.

I've taught Sunday school, I've sung in the choir, I directed a choir.

I regarded drugs as somewhat like rattlesnakes - it's possible to pick one up without getting bit, but why bother?

Ask a science professor what she worries about. It won't take long. She'll look you in the eye and say one word: 'Money.'

Painting is a science, and should be pursued as an inquiry into the laws of nature.

I love science fiction.

Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which he concentrates are just those which he believes can be both stated and solved within the existing scientific tradition.