We're sort of the soundtrack to these wonderful, wonderful images, ... The subject is the universe, but we interpret that read more

We're sort of the soundtrack to these wonderful, wonderful images, ... The subject is the universe, but we interpret that loosely.

Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to read more

Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to keep a wife and family and write my classical music, which has always been my passion.

I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. read more

I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. I woke up that morning and thought, 'don't get to the bottom and wish you had a second chance, because in the Olympics, you don't get a second chance.' I was so in the moment; I wanted to feel it, I wanted to be in it -- I've used that metaphor for the rest of my life.

Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken.

Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken.

The shredder at Andersen's office at the Enron building was used virtually constantly and, to handle the overload, dozens of read more

The shredder at Andersen's office at the Enron building was used virtually constantly and, to handle the overload, dozens of large trunks filled with Enron documents were sent [to] Andersen's main Houston office to be shredded,

The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not

The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not

There is no rational reason to doubt that the universe has existed indefinitely, for an infinite time. It is only read more

There is no rational reason to doubt that the universe has existed indefinitely, for an infinite time. It is only myth that attempts to say how the universe came to be, either four thousand or twenty billion years ago.

When he came back to the club he had to cut back but he took it in his stride and read more

When he came back to the club he had to cut back but he took it in his stride and I can't speak highly enough of what he has achieved.

We're still collecting scientific data. I'm really surprised we haven't gone into emergency mode. This time last November, we were read more

We're still collecting scientific data. I'm really surprised we haven't gone into emergency mode. This time last November, we were passing through this same zone, and we got clobbered.