There has seldom if ever a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the security, comfort and prejudices of their elders, and what you call heroism is just an expression of this simple fact; there is never a scarcity of idiots.

People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have to be... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct advantage and even a prerequisite for advancement.

You need to read more science fiction. Nobody who reads science fiction comes out with this crap about the end of history

Dead Air' is full of rants; it's a rant-based book. Yes, it's self-indulgence. I plead guilty; mea culpa.

By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.

I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese.

I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.