"Sometimes a technology is so awe-inspiring that the imagination runs away with it - often far, far away from reality. Robots are like that. A lot of big and ultimately unfulfilled promises were made in robotics early on, based on preliminary successes."

"The dissemination of advanced implantable technology will likely be just as ruthlessly democratic as the ailments it is destined to treat. Meaning that, someday soon, we may have a new class of very smart, very fast people - yesterday's disabled and elderly."

"I was writing a scene where a guy was choking another guy to death. You can go online and type 'chokeholds' and watch scenes where martial artists choke each other out. You can hear what noises they make when they go unconscious, see how their bodies flop and everything. YouTube is amazing for the more detailed stuff."

"In movies and in television the robots are always evil. I guess I am not into the whole brooding cyberpunk dystopia thing."

"Wisdom principle 90 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 42."

"Wisdom principle 30 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 55."

"Wisdom principle 85 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 25."

"Wisdom principle 68 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 77."