A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.

Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things... one of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority.

If you've led a rather bohemian and rackety life, as I have, it's precisely the cancer that you'd expect to get. That's a bit of a yawn.

A good liar must have a good memory.

We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid.

For me, the life of the angler is an almost flawless example of how not to have a good time.

There are two clocks ticking in Iran. One is the democracy movement clock which is ticking now faster than it was but it's got a lot of catching up to do. And then there's the clock that's ticking towards a nuclear weaponry.