To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist.

Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of 'the flock.

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.

I don't think there's any need to have essays advocating selfishness among human beings; I don't know what your impression has been, but some things require no further reinforcement.

It’s considered perfectly normal in this society to approach dying people who you don’t know but who are unbelievers and say, ‘Now are you gonna change your mind?’ That is considered almost a polite question.

A point, like a joke, is a terrible thing to miss.

Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul.