"I like working closely with artists. I think that's very important in fantasy and science fiction - the visual aspect of the worlds and the characters"

"The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters"

"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage"

"Science never solves a problem without creating ten more"

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday"

"It's important that people know what you stand for. It's equally important that they know what you won't stand for"

"In thinking about nanotechnology today, what's most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnology will look like after we reach the assembler breakthrough"

"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction"

"Family is not an important thing, it's everything"

"All science is either physics or stamp collecting"

"The science of today is the technology of tomorrow"