Author: Alan Lightman

Quotes

All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.

All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.

- Alan Lightman

As a scientist, I don't believe science will ever discover whether God exists. Nor do I believe religion will ever prove it.

As a scientist, I don't believe science will ever discover whether God exists. Nor do I believe religion will ever prove it.

- Alan Lightman

Except for a God who sits down after the universe begins, all other gods conflict with the assumptions of science.

Except for a God who sits down after the universe begins, all other gods conflict with the assumptions of science.

- Alan Lightman

I have too many friends who tell me that they spend the first hour of every morning going through their e-mail messages. I'd like to use my time more carefully.

I have too many friends who tell me that they spend the first hour of every morning going through their e-mail messages. I'd like to use my time more carefully.

- Alan Lightman

I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion.

I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion.

- Alan Lightman

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