It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.

We survive day by day on this planet by adjusting down, adjusting down. Little by little, imperceptibly, we adjust to increasingly deadly conditions, and come to accept them as 'natural' or inevitable.

I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for.

The mid-life crisis hits men harder than women.

The spirit of religious totalitarianism is abroad in the world; it is in the very air we breathe today in this land. Everywhere are those who claim to have a corner on righteousness, on direct access to God ... The bigots of the world are having a heyday.

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

Some people always assume that if you mention a problem, you caused it.