Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired.
I don't want to lean back into the past, or forward into the future. I don't want to wish the present moment away.
I try to remember that the job - as well as the plight, and the unexpected joy - of the artist is to embrace uncertainty, to be sharpened and honed by it.
It is in the thousands of days of trying, failing, sitting, thinking, resisting, dreaming, raveling, unraveling that we are at our most engaged, alert, and alive.
Writing has been my window-flung wide open to this magnificent, chaotic existence-my way of interpreting everything within my grasp.
Everything changes. The more I try to hold on to the moment, the more it slips through my fingers.
Everything you need to know about life can be learned from a genuine and ongoing attempt to write
An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens' profit.
My Internet friends who I play games with say, 'This guy's a fighter?' I'm the last person they expect to be a fighter.
Freedom of expression comes with responsibilities, especially when it comes with serious implications for peace.
I think Putin has changed, for sure. He has changed over time and he has been emboldened by, whether it's true or not, the perception is that we've pulled back, so people do change and this is an example of that.