Where history concerns mainly personalities, the drawings become either black or white according to the interests of the writer. I find it all remark… - Isaac Asimov

All right, Schwartz, tackle my mind now. Go as deep as you want. I was born on Baronn in the Sirius Sector. I lived my life in an atmosphere of anti-Terrestrialism in the formative years, so I can't help what flaws and follies lie at the roots of my subconscious. But look on the surface and tell me if, in my adult years, I have not fought bigotry in myself. Not in others; that would be easy. But in myself, and as hard as I could.

Pero los escritos y las tradiciones no habían adquirido todavía su forma definitiva. Al ser copiados una y otra vez, era imposible impedir que las complejidades babilónicas entrasen en los toscos registros de los judíos. A los escritos venerados se incorporó la leyenda babilónica de la creación de la tierra, despojándola, desde luego, de sus elementos paganos. La historia de Adán y Eva, la lista de los longevos descendientes de la pareja, la historia del gran Diluvio que asoló el género humano, el relato de la Torre de Babel, etc., todo ello provenía de las leyendas Babilónicas".

The fact is that I've never called myself a genius, and I think the term has been cheapened by overuse into meaninglessness. If other people want to call me that, that's their problem.