All responsible writers, to some degree, have become involuntary criers of doom, because doom is in the wind

Can we consider the universe real, and if so, in what way?

In Washington and Moscow they are saying, 'Man has finally come of age; he doesn't need paternalistic help.' Which is another way of saying, 'We have abolished that help, and in its place we will rule,' offering no help at all: taking but not giving, ruling but not obeying, telling but not listening, taking life and not giving it. The slayers govern now, without interference; the dreams of mankind have become empty.

There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'.

Each of us assumes everyone else knows what he is doing. They all assume we know what we are doing. We don't.

You're - psychotic. There's something wrong with you." "I know," Benteley agreed. "I'm a sick man. And the more I see, the sicker I get. I'm so sick I think everybody else is sick and I'm the only healthy person. That's pretty bad off, isn't it?

Every time I see a picture of Stalin I look him square in the eye and I say: You're a meat eater, Joseph.