There are days when I miss my old convictions as if they were an amputated limb. But in general I feel better, and no less radical, and you will feel better too, I guarantee, once you leave hold of the doctrinaire and allow your chainless mind to do its own thinking.

I'm not resigned, but I'm realistic too. The statistics in my case are very poor. Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long.

Evolution is, as well as smarter than we are, infinitely more callous and cruel, and also capricious.

Which natural gift would you most like to possess? The ability to master other languages (which would have hugely enhanced the scope of these answers). How would you like to die? Fully conscious, and either fighting or reciting (or fooling around). What do you most dislike about your appearance? The way in which it makes former admirers search for neutral words.

I have quite a decent constitution in spite of all my abuse of it and my advanced years. I'm still quite robust.

Henry Kissinger should have the door shut in his face by every decent person and should be shamed, ostracized and excluded.

I'm afraid the SS's relationship with the Catholic Church is something the Church still has to deal with and does not deny.