I have no social position and I stay away from what is known as society as much as possible.

The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.

I regard monotheism as the greatest disaster ever to befall the human race. I see no good in Judaism, Christianity, or Islam - good people, yes, but any religion based on a single...

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place.

Presidents have absolutely gone against the will of Congress. Congress hasn't declared a war since December 7, 1941, and yet we've been at war ever since with somebody or other in order to justify the war machine. Now we have alienated almost the entire earth

There was more of a flow to my output of writing in the past, certainly. Having no contemporaries left means you cannot say, "Well, so-and-so will like this," which you do when you're younger. You realize there is no so-and-so anymore. You are your own so-and-so. There is a bleak side to it.