"Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it."

"I’m not a prophet. Prophets can see into the future. I just look at what’s already happened and say, 'This could go on.'"

"You’re never going to kill storytelling because it’s built into the human plan. We come with it."

"Ignorance is bliss, but it's also stupid."

"Sanity is a valuable possession; I hoard it like a miser."