Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.

These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without them.

Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

I travel and climb about eight months a year. That's pretty great training in itself. When I am home, I do a lot of bouldering, gym climbing, and specific strength training in a effort to get stronger for climbing.

The human voice: mysterious, spontaneous, primal. For me, the human voice is the vessel on which all emotions travel - except perhaps jealousy. And the breath, the breath is the captain of that vessel.

My favorite spot is the Maldives. Since I travel so much for work, I like to go to places that are very secluded and quiet.

Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times.