Belief in God? An afterlife? I believe in rock: this apodictic rock beneath my feet.

From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.

Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough to be -- a man.

Grown men do not need leaders.

I am an enemy of the State. But isn't everyone?

Susan Sontag: What she really wanted, throughout her career, was to grow up to be a Frenchman.

What we need now are heroes and heroines, about a million of them, one brave deed is worth a thousand books. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.