I do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle every morning to keep the old grey matter ticking.

Be like a sponge when it comes to each new experience. If you want to be able to express it well, you must first be able to absorb it well.

School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn.

I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons are.

Cultivate Curiosity. If you really want to grow in your lifetime, learn to be as inquisitive as a child. Curious people are never bored, and for them life becomes an unending study of joy.

It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.

Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning.

Scientists have power by virtue of the respect commanded by the discipline... We live with poets and politicians, preachers and philosophers. All have their ways of knowing, and all are valid in their proper domain. The world is too complex and interesting for one way to hold all the answers.

Writing is a form of mischief.

Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.

I grew up in a small town and never went to a Black school.

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.