I have no television to go on so I get a lot of writing done. That's my substitute for television.

Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel.

Nonprofit status is what created the Bible Belt. The tax code brought religion back to this country.

"Terrorism" is a metaphor, it's an abstract noun. It's like having a war on dandruff. It's something from advertising, it's meaningless.

Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.

Once people get hung up on theology, they've lost sanity forever.

...you will do more harm than good by attempting to supplant old dogmas and customs with new dogmas. It will be the same in the end except that the old is less militant, less dangerous than a new order imposed by enthusiasts.