It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.

From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.

Too many people spouting too many words, and in the end those words will turn to bullets and stones.

Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country.

Science fiction is always a vehicle for ideas. It's the form which allows either movies or books to be an exploration of how we should live.

I have no problem with people's religious beliefs. I just don't happen to have any.

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.