One does not set fire to a world which is already lost

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.

Humor is the mask of wisdom.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand

News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.

The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.

Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland.

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality.

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.

Right, well, we've got to work out what we need. We've got to work out what we need, how we get it, and what we need to get to get what we need.

Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences.

Man has the right to deal with his oppressors by devouring their palpitating hearts.

I was raised in a family where my father was the first one to go to college.

It's important to write a mystery novel where the takeaway is not a giveaway - where something could be read over and over.

He saw my complications and he mirrored me back simplified, and we laughed how our perfect world would always be denied.

Are those cat hairs on your lapel, or have you been dating a blonde with a crew cut?

I live in a peaceful world because I choose to think loving and peaceful thoughts.

I don't write at the library, because I smoke when I work or would like the possibility of a smoke. Also, I need to be at my own desk.

Imagination, realm of enchantment!- which the most beneficent of beings bestowed upon man to console him for reality- I must quit you now.