I would give my life for a man who is looking for the truth. But I would gladly kill a man who thinks that he has found the truth.

God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed.

If we could only find the courage to leave our destiny to chance, to accept the fundamental mystery of our lives, then we might be closer to the sort of happiness that comes with innocence.

Mystery is the basic element of all works of art.

Thank God, I am still an atheist.

Repeat, over and over again, in case anyone forgets it or believes the contrary, that we do not live in the best of all possible worlds.

Tobacco and alcohol, delicious fathers of abiding friendships and fertile reveries.