Claudia Dreifus, writing for the New York Times:
Have you been getting criticism from colleagues for “popularizing”?
Not to my face. [Laughs.] You know, it’s a different time from when Carl Sagan was denied membership in the National Academy of Sciences. These days everyone knows there’s a real threat from people antagonistic to science. You actually get thanks for communicating science.
Wow, what a different world — I had no idea about Carl Sagan!