The real malady is fear of life, not of death

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.

"Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness", said Amenhotep III.

It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.

Freedom of expression must be considered sacred and thought can only be corrected by counter thought.

Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.