Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
Umberto EcoThe most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand exactly, but wanted to understand more and who were excited by this picture of a world which was not their own.
Umberto EcoIt is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.
Umberto Eco