“You wilfully ignore the small, gentle observations in life which you know are the most important.”

“Limitations force you to find the essence of what you want to say, which is one of the most important things to know for an artist.”

“How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.”

“Most ignorance is by choice, you know, and so ignorance is very telling about what really matters to people.”

“Do you want to know why men name their penis? So the most important decisions in their life aren't made by a stranger.”

“What is there to forgive?… Ignore forgive and concentrate on living. Life for you is short; far too short to allow small jealousies to infringe on the happiness which can be yours only for the briefest of times.”

“Knowing how things work is important, but I think that's an incomplete view of what science literacy is or, at least, should be. Science literacy is an outlook. It's more of a lens through which you observe what goes on around you.”

“The most important thing you do in your life is to die.”

“You were just a Small Bump unborn, in Four months you're brought to life.
You might be left with my hair, but you'll have your Mother's eyes.
I'll hold your body in my hands be as gentle as I can, but for now you're a scan of my unmade plans.
Small bump, four months you are brought to life.”

“The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are blindly adopted; the second wilfully preferred.”