Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

In science, read, by preference, the newest works in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.

It cannot be said often enough that science fiction as a genre is incredibly educational - and I'm speaking the written science fiction, not 'Star Trek.' Science fiction writers tend to fill their books if they're clever with little bits of interesting stuff and real stuff.

I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.