"The difference between science fiction and fantasy … is simply this: science fiction has rivets and fantasy has trees."

“Pikachu. 'Pika' is the sound Japanese say an electric spark makes. And 'chu' is the sound a mouse makes. So Pikachu is like an electric mouse.”

Source : "The Ultimate Game Freak". Time Magazine Interview (Volume 154, No. 20), content.time.com. November 22, 1999.

“Whenever something good happens to me, it's usually followed by something terrible.”

“Each time a door closes, the rest of the world opens up.”

“Pearls ... have a way of dying when separated from their owner.”

“As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings - I don't like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality.”

“There is no question there are differences between male and female brains. They are called sexual dimorphisms and you can point to different anatomical structures.”

Source : "Big Think Panel Discussion on Autism". Interview with Susan Wilczynski, bigthink.com.

“Having read the inscriptions upon the tombstones of the great and little cemeteries, Wang Peng advised the Emperor to kill all the living and resurrect the dead.”

“If the cuckoo does not sing, kill it.”