Michael Crichton quotes

" I am certain there is too much certainty in the world. " # Certainty

" I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood. [On why he gave up medicine] " # Physicians # Medicine # Love

" 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 quite done it. " # Quotations # Books - Reading # Writers and Writing

" We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas. " # Quotations # Ideas # Environment

" The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief. " # Faith

" Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. " # Consensus

" Each generation writes off earlier errors as the result of bad thinking, of less able minds--and then confidently embarks on making fresh errors of its own. " # Confidence