I really like that my work is getting more people interested in science.
Fantasy and science fiction are where my brain lives.
Science cannot progress without reliable and accurate measurement of what it is you are trying to study. The key is measurement, simple as that.
I think you can get away with being a bit more political in science fiction.
You see some of these actors, they have a permanent smile on their face. How can they do that? It really fascinates me.
Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.
He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites.
I have a nice smile, pretty lips, and big round cheeks. They help me look like a teenager.
We all have our down days, but it's not hard to smile and say, 'Thank you.'
A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.
Entrepreneurs can't forecast accurately, because they are trying something fundamentally new. So they will often be laughably behind plan - and on the brink of success.
The success of ordinary cosmology speaks against the idea that the universe was created in a random fluctuation.
I signed up with Kundalini yoga teacher training, which has been shifting me in some really beautiful ways.
Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands.
The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.
I often think that the prime directive for me as a teacher of writing is akin to that for a physician, which is this: do no harm.
If I can make a teacher's salary doing comedy, I think that's better than being a teacher.
My brother's a teacher in Costa Rica and actually does a more important and significant job than I will ever do.
I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.
Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done.
I don't know if I've owned a piece of technology that I hated - I don't think I would have owned it then.
