"If you want to know what's going on in the universe, you have to ask a physicist. If you want to know what's going on in the human heart, you have to ask a poet."

"The universe is not just a collection of facts. It's a story."

"Intelligent design, as I understand it, means that you have an intelligent designer somewhere. And the problem with that is, if you’re going to invoke an intelligent designer, you have to ask, 'Who de…"

"We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the universe is in us."

"I don't have a problem with people believing in anything they want to believe in. I have a problem with people telling me what I should believe in."