"The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started."

"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live."

"Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic."

"Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country."

"Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not."

"Architecture theory is very interesting."

"It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods."

"The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues."