There is nothing inherently wrong about science.

- Douglas Preston

There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows.

- Douglas Preston

We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind.

- Douglas Preston

The wise and good are outnumbered a thousand to one by the brutal and stupid.

- Douglas Preston

Hubris and science are incompatible.

- Douglas Preston

When I'm writing fiction I'm thinking, God, this is so hard - I have to make all this stuff up! I wish I were writing a nonfiction book where all the…

- Douglas Preston

One can reach the gates of hell just as easily by short steps as by large.

- Douglas Preston

Once again, we shall have to operate not only outside the box, but outside the room containing the box.

- Douglas Preston

The mandalas were meant to be objects of contemplation, aids to meditation, their proportions magically balanced to purify and calm the mind. To star…

- Douglas Preston