Growing up, I was fascinated with Buck Rogers' airplanes. As I began to mature in World War II, it became jets and rocket planes. But it was always in the air.

Ray Bradbury is one who is contributing to the understanding of the imagination and the curiosity of the human race.

We could have human intelligence in orbit around Mars, building things there.

I really hate to be put in the position of trying to justify something, a decision that was made. I'm a military guy: when a decision is made, I go along with it, whatever the manufactured controversy and criticism.

There's two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.

I'm 100% proud of the TV work I achieved. The work I did on shows on insects and Great White sharks... stuff that's in school curriculums in England. Now they are showing up on Discovery Channel.

Teaching creationism in science class as an alternative to evolution is inappropriate.

I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion.