I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor.

The strongest argument against totalitarianism may be a recognition of a universal human nature; that all humans have innate desires for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The doctrine of the blank slate... is a totalitarian's dream.

I don't consider myself to be that radical a thinker.

We are visual creatures. Visual things stay put, whereas sounds fade.

I like ice hockey. No one is ever going to ask me to write about that as a metaphor for life.

Democracy is an imperfect way of steering between the violence of anarchy and the violence of tyranny, with the least violence you can get away with.

One of the perks of being a psychologist is access to tools that allow you to carry out the injunction to know thyself.