“I'm old fashioned. I'm not one of these young guys who think they are ...” — Vaclav Smil Quote

“I'm old fashioned. I'm not one of these young guys who think they are so smart that they can prescribe what humanity ought to do. Humanity never learns any lessons. Prescriptions don't matter. We already know exactly what to do. We just don't do it.”

“I studied what the Germans call the Naturwissenschaften, the natural sciences. Everything from biology to geology. How the clouds are formed, how the animals live, and what makes the rocks. So I know about nature. Period.”

“America tends to assume Silicon Valley-style innovators can drive quick and transformative changes, but even Silicon Valley's would-be masters of the universe have discovered that energy transitions are subject to time spans and technical constraints that defy their reach.”

“We played all of the songs on the first Johnny Winter AND every day before we recorded them, so that when we got in the studio, it was totally easy, as we knew exactly what we wanted to do.”

“Joanna is a strong female character, and I love playing her. But one of the things about her is that she always says exactly what she's thinking.”

“When I'm out having the experiences, that's exactly what I'm doing: having the experiences. Then I can later reflect and write.”