For most of my life, Ive thought of myself as pretty cool. – Nikki Giovanni
I really dont think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I dont mind the failure but I cant imagine that Id forgive myself if I didnt try. – Nikki Giovanni
A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is once you do, you can learn about the new world youre in and take advantage of it. – Nikki Giovanni
I think working with Johnny Depp was very intimidating. It was my fault though. I mean hes a total cool nice, nice guy, but I was just so, I dont know, overpowered by his presence. Like hes a very mystic person. Hes older so I never really warmed up around him. I was so stiff. – Franka Potente
In my books the technology that I choose to talk about has to serve the themes. What that means is that I end up having to cut out a lot of cool technology that would be really fun to describe and play with, but which would just confuse everybody. So in Amped, I focus on neural implants. – Daniel H. Wilson