Writing a book is a bit like going on location for a movie. You're absent from your life, your family, and your… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Nobody dares to solve the problems-because the solution might contradict your philosophy, and for most people clinging to beliefs is more important… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
It is especially difficult for modern people to conceive that our modern, scientific age might not be an improvement over the prescientific… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Let's be clear. The planet is not in jeopardy. We are in jeopardy. We haven't got the power to destroy the planet… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so. We never seem to acknowledge that we have been… — 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
