With terrestrial exotics, we said, 'Oops,' years later, and now we're spending a lot of money fighting them, ... In read more

With terrestrial exotics, we said, 'Oops,' years later, and now we're spending a lot of money fighting them, ... In Florida, we're not there yet with invasive fish. Will they have negative impacts? We don't know yet, but it makes sense to find out. Once you're invaded, you can't get them out, but with understanding, we might be able to control them.

You are not in business to be popular.

You are not in business to be popular.

A person without a memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without a memory is neither a read more

A person without a memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without a memory is neither a child nor an amnesiac, but neither is it a country.

This year we surprised a lot of people. I'm happy now that it's done.

This year we surprised a lot of people. I'm happy now that it's done.

For the first time we will be able to construct the three-dimensional structures of the atmosphere to better understand the read more

For the first time we will be able to construct the three-dimensional structures of the atmosphere to better understand the role of clouds and aerosols in Earth's climate,

They are ranked No. 1 for a good reason,

They are ranked No. 1 for a good reason,

I probably should have said no, ... She just didn't seem like she could take a baby.

I probably should have said no, ... She just didn't seem like she could take a baby.

Sausalito is the gateway to Marin, with people arriving by car, by ferry and they hang out in parks where read more

Sausalito is the gateway to Marin, with people arriving by car, by ferry and they hang out in parks where trash cans are ugly, weather-beaten with peeling paint. If we make them look like works of art, people will treat them as such. People would be encouraged to observe them as art that is also utilitarian.

[It's a model that Alfred Hitchcock drew on for many of his movies.] If there was a film that inspired read more

[It's a model that Alfred Hitchcock drew on for many of his movies.] If there was a film that inspired me in writing 'Panic,' it was 'North by Northwest,' ... Those are my favorite Hitchcock films -- the ones where ordinary, everyday people are going about their lives, and they take this dramatic left turn.