I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.
Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective.
Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.
When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order.
All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.
I'm not a man deeply interested in technology. It eludes me.
Most jokes state a bitter truth.
Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
I would never lie to anyone about history.
Well, for one thing, you know my dad was a cop.
My dad didn't drive - the only dad I knew who didn't.
I was lucky enough myself to have been in Dad's Army for an episode.
My dad seemed comfortable with his decision to be a 'have-not,' but I knew that I wasn't.
My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.
Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.
I've never thought intelligence was age-related.
Painting and writing are solitary arts.
Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy.
There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.
Science fiction still is an idea genre.
