It is bad luck for world history that of all people the Russians adopted Communism, because they are totally unfit for it.

A writer doesn’t solve problems. He allows them to emerge.

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them

The archetype of all humans, their ideal image, is the computer, once it has liberated itself from its creator, man. The computeris the essence of the human being. In the computer, man reaches his completion.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back

As the Americans slaughter millions of turkeys every year for the celebration of their deliverance, the Indians, who should be celebrated as saviors, have long been slaughtered. There was even a time when a white man was paid a very decent price for every Indian scalp he could produce.

The savages don't have atom bombs.