When onstage I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.

I have found that a smile and a stick will carry you through all right and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it is the smile that does the trick.

And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

We must always emphasize research and development of science and mathematics and I can think of no better way to achieve this than through our future in space.

How thoroughly it is ingrained in mathematical science that every real advance goes hand in hand with the invention of sharper tools and simpler methods which at the same time assist in understanding earlier theories and in casting aside some more complicated developments.

That the way to achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology taking advantage of better tools methods and organization.

Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible it is terribly exciting.

Science already contained all that was necessary if you just brought it out.

Now Venus is an extremely hostile environment and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life there. However as I began to research it more thoroughly I found myself intrigued by the possibilities the world offers.

Except in very narrow cases where there's breakthrough science that needs patent production worrying about competitors is a waste of time. If you can't out iterate someone who is trying to copy you you're toast anyway.