Being called close-minded by religious people is a bit like being called yellow by a bunch of bananas.

Nobody should be compelled to respect an ideology that doesn’t respect them.

It does seem quite ironic to me that the very people who clearly have made no attempt to think for themselves are always the most vocal in demanding respect for their "ideas".

Q: Prove God doesn’t exist. A: That’s a tough one. Show me how it’s done by proving Zeus and Apollo don’t exist, and I’ll use your method.

You know, I found out recently that the word "heretic" comes from the Greek word "airetikós", meaning "able to choose" - which pretty much says it all, don't you think?

Freedom requires religion like a slug requires salt

Well it's a gloomy, rainy old day to be here in London, but it could be worse; I could be in Saudi Arabia where men are men, and women are cattle.

But it seems to me that if God had intended for you to cover your face then, in His wisdom, He would have provided you with a flap of skin for the purpose.

What is the difference between a Doctor of Medicine and a Doctor of Theology? One prescribes drugs, while the other might as well be on drugs.

Religion disapproves of original thought the way Dracula does sunlight.

Now, the past has plenty to teach us, but I don't think it should be allowed to detain us against our will.

Setting our living standards and expectations based on the status of others is like wishing that apples were onions.

How should they answer?

I’m sorry if I’m not flirting with you. I’m kind of spoken for.

After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism as a way to change the world. It sounds corny, but to wake the public up, to serve a higher cause.

Why do men fight for their servitude as stubbornly as though it were their salvation?

"I'm sorry I'm young," Deborah answered with a bitterness that was half prose. "We have a right to be as crazy as anyone else"

When there's writing that you really trust, it's very freeing as an artist.

I was broadcast-struck from an early age; I had saved up for a tape recorder and started making programmes.

Put the Protestant flint and the Catholic steel together, and you will kindle a fire that will burn all around the world.

The Roman Catholic Church isn't going to change its theologies.