And what we know, or think we know, about the universe of space and time is changing very quickly.

Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of humanity.

At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it.

Only towards the end of this process are any of the chapters in fully readable condition, a state of affairs that used to alarm my wife. But Joan's got used to it.

The police cannot protect the citizen at this stage of our development, and they cannot even protect themselves in many cases. It is up to the private citizen to protect himself and his family, and this is not only acceptable, but mandatory.

I was very much an only child who was raised by the television and movies, and I grew up in New York. We weren't, like, rich people, but we were middle-class people and my parents supported this love I had for entertainment.

Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents.

Health care decisions are the sole province of an individual, her family, her doctor and her faith. Fear of the law has no place in the equation.