Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

History could claw upward as well as down. The powerful could be deafened by the cries of the poor.

If bigots behave like bigots, it's not a huge surprise.

We cannot allow religious hooligans to place limiting points on thought.

Believe in your own eyes and you'll get into a lot of trouble, hot water, a mess.

we look up and we hope the stars look down, we pray that there may be stars for us to follow, stars moving across the heavens and leading us to our destiny, but it's only our vanity. We look at the galaxy and fall in love, but the universe cares less about us than we do about it, and the stars stay in their courses however much we may wish upon them to do otherwise. It's true that if you watch the sky-wheel turn for a while you'll see a meteor fall, flame and die. That's not a star worth following; it's just an unlucky rock. Our fates are here on earth. There are no guiding stars.

Once you get that instinct for the fictiveness, the fictionality of fiction, it kind of sets you free.