Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long.

To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning.

If people I've never met or don't know say that what I've written or done or said means anything to them, then I'm happy to take it at face value, for once. It cheers me up.

[I]f you think that American imperialism and its globalised, capitalist form is the most dangerous thing in the world, that means you don't think the Islamic Republic of Iran or North Korea or the Taliban is as bad.

Judaism is not just one more religion, but in its way the root of religious evil

Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.

I still make sure to go, at least once every year, to a country where things cannot be taken for granted, and where there is either too much law and order or too little.