One of the most difficult things for a writer in this business to accept is the uncertain fate of one's work. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“You have to realize, all these decisions are about power. Sexual harassment is about power, and so is the company’s resistance to… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Science is a kind of glorified tailoring enterprise, a method for taking measurements that describe something ? reality ? that may not… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“This, in essence, is the problem with the scientific view of reality. Science is a kind of glorified tailoring enterprise, a method… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Science is the most exciting and sustained enterprise of discovery in the history of our species. It is the great adventure of… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
In truth, one of our company, the solemn warrior Ecthgow, was so demented from liquor that he was drunk while still upon… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“Today, everybody expects to be entertained, and they expect to be entertained all the time. Business meetings must be snappy, with bullet… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“In the past, pure scientists took a snobbish view of business. They saw the pursuit of money as intellectually uninteresting, suited only… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
This is the gift of your species and this is the danger, because you do not choose to control your imaginings. You imagine wonderful… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“it is important to recognize that the behavior of the two antagonists mirrors each other, like a Rorschach inkblot. The value of a Rorschach… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
They always say they didn't. I never heard of one who said, 'You know, I deserve this.' Never happens. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I can tell you that second hand smoke is not a health hazard to anyone and never was, and the EPA has always known… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
As the practical value of altering consciousness becomes recognized, procedures to effect these alterations will become increasingly ordinary and unremarkable. The whole concept of… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story-and then turn the page to national or international affairs,… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
