"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

"The echoes of eternity remind us that every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

"The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together."

"Robots have a rich and storied history in movies."

"The first two books that I did by myself were long stories in verse. I knew I could do that because I'd written a lot in verse. But, verse stories are hard to sell, so my editor encouraged me to try writing in prose."

"Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night."

"At this point I have enough money to live 25 lifetimes. You couldn't spend the money I've accrued now."