There either is a god or there is not; there is a 'design' or not.

I must have been one of the least surprised people on earth on September 11. I felt very braced for that. I knew something like that was going to come.

The diet book is one of those fool-and-money separation devices that seems, like roulette or slot machines, never to lose its power.

You have to choose your future regrets.

The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to go on forever. It's part of the human condition.

Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things because to demystify supposedly 'holy text dictated by god' and show that they are man made and what you have to show [is] there internal inconsistencies and absurdities. One of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority... it is an indispensable thing people can call it blasphemy if they like, but if they call it that they have to assume there is something to be blasphemed - some divine work, well I don't accept the premise.

I am, I hope, never offensive by accident.