Another strand of my writing is the importance of the idea. If you think about fiction writing as a spectrum, where at… — Alan Lightman Character Copy Share Image
The book is finished by the reader. A good novel should invite the reader in and let the reader participate in the… — Alan Lightman Book Copy Share Image
I have a family and you know very well the time that that takes. That's good time. I have a couple hobbies.… — Alan Lightman Bridges Copy Share Image
Despite our strongly felt kinship and oneness with nature, all the evidence suggests that nature doesn't care one whit about us. Tornadoes,… — Alan Lightman Care Copy Share Image
“In another house, a man sits alone at his table, laid out for two. Ten years ago, he sat here across from… — Alan Lightman Father Copy Share Image
“In a world of fixed future, there can be no right or wrong. Right and wrong demand freedom of choice, but if… — Alan Lightman Choice Copy Share Image
Nature is purposeless. Nature simply is. We may find nature beautiful or terrible, but those feelings are human constructions. Such utter and… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Originality is also very important to a writer. And all of the writers I've mentioned, of course, are original, but it's important… — Alan Lightman Book Copy Share Image
One metaphor for how we are living is that you see so may people with cell phones. In restaurants, walking, they have… — Alan Lightman Body Copy Share Image
I think that the scienti?c way of looking at the world, and the humanistic way of looking at the world are complementary.… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
I go to live in Maine for the summer. Without computer, and without the telephone service we are mercifully without the faxes… — Alan Lightman Computer Copy Share Image
Some make light of decisions, arguing that all possible decisions will occur. In such a world, how could one be responsible for… — Alan Lightman Action Copy Share Image
In a world without future, each parting of friends is a death. In a world without future, each loneliness is final. In… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
It's exciting having a student who is not used to expressing their emotional side and bringing that out in them and see… — Alan Lightman Class Copy Share Image
