"There's nothing more exciting than science. You get all the fun of sitting still, being quiet, writing down numbers, paying attention. Science has it all."

"At least one study of blocked writers has found that they were more productive and more creative when they were essentially forced to write instead of scribbling only when the mood struck them."

"The reason it's a clich茅 is because it's true."

"The foolish man lies awake all night Thinking of his many problems; When the morning comes he is worn out And his trouble is just as it was."

"To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings."

"Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are."

"Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good."

"When time passes, it's the people who knew you whom you want to see; they're the ones you can talk to. When enough time passes, what's it matter what they did to you?"

"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all."

"Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people."

"Try to love someone who you want to hate, because they are just like you, somewhere inside, in a way you may never expect, in a way that resounds so deeply within you that you cannot believe it."

"One's real life is often the life that one does not lead."