"As a society, I think we express our cultural mores through our politics. We're trying constantly to figure out what's OK and what's not OK. And it's hard, because our society is constantly buffeted by gale force winds of technology. Things are always changing."

"In the future, when Microsoft leaves a security-flaw in their code it won't mean that somebody hacks your computer. It will mean that somebody takes control of your servant robot and it stands in your bedroom doorway sharpening a knife and watching you sleep."

"You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs."

"Robots are interesting because they exist as a real technology that you can really study - you can get a degree in robotics - and they also have all this pop-culture real estate that they take up in people's minds."

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere."

"An idea is a delicate seed; water it with curiosity and protect it from cynicism. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation that is what I call good company."

"It is a essential truth that the canvas of imagination has no boundaries except those imposed by fear — an essential principle for the reflective life."