"In the proof stage, I nearly cut that last sentence of the book. Had I done so, the sales might have been halved."

"Einstein was wrong when he said, 'God does not play dice'. Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that God does play dice, but that he sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't …"

"I think the universe is a beautiful place, and I'm very lucky to be able to explore it."

"I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization that there probably is no heaven and no afterli…"

"The human race is a single, genetic family."