“…sometimes you need to be imaginative about what kinds of research you do, compromise and be driven by the questions that need answering, rather than the tools available to you.”

“If you can read and have more imagination than a doorknob, what need do you have for a 'movie version' of a novel?”

“Sometimes you gotta do what’s right for you and forget about everybody else. All that matters is what you want. What you need.”

“You don’t want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel. The same questions, asked again, bring you just the answers you need just the minute you need them.”

“sometimes you don't need a goal in life, you don't need to know the big picture. you just need to know what you're going to do next!”

“If you had to chose one half of your son, which one would it be?"What kind of a question is that?!"No need to snap. It was just a question.”