I haven't had that good a time in ages. Since September 11, really. I just felt so happy, it was like the sun came out of the clouds for me. I love Italy.

I don't think there's much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere.

I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.

I don't think that Poindexter's nutty scheme has much real-world traction. I think the question's badly formulated, really.

Here's to the day when it is May And care as light as a feather, When your little shoes and my big boots Go tramping over the heather.

Devoted from my earliest youth to the study of nature, feeling with enthusiasm the wild beauties of a country guarded by mountains and shaded by ancient forest…

I hied me off to Arcady- The month it was the month of May, And all along the pleasant way, The morning birds were mad with glee, And all the flowers sprang up…