I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.

These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I'm not downplaying that.

Gullibility creates trust in things that are not worthy of trust.

I'm a storyteller; that's what exploration really is all about. Going to places where others have not been and returning to tell a story they haven't heard before.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results. 

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

I cannot say for certain if there is such a thing as love at first sight, but I do know that the moment I first glimpse Winnie Nomzamo, I knew that I wanted to have her as my wife.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.