目前生活中最悲哀的方面是，科学收集知识的速度比社会收集智慧的速度快。

未来は誰にもわからない。だからこそ、今を大切に生きるべきだ。

写作是理解生活的方式。你一生都在努力，也许你只理解了一小部分。

The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

Music has the power to heal, to inspire, and to bring people together.

The computer is incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid. Man is unbelievably slow, inaccurate, and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination.