Political correctness is what right-wing bigots call what everybody else calls being polite

I just took [my cancer diagnosis] as bad luck, basically. It did strike me almost immediately, my atheist sort of thing kicked in and I thought "ha, if I was a God-botherer, I'd be thinking, why me God? What have I done to deserve this?" and I thought at least I'm free of that, at least I can simply treat it as bad luck and get on with it.

One should never regret one's excesses, only one's failures of nerve.

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.

I'm an only child so am happy with my own company and I don't really get lonely.

I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!