Religion enjoys astonishing privileges in our societies, privileges denied to almost any other special interest group one can think of-and certainly denied to individuals

If the second dinosaur to the left of the tall cycad tree had not happened to sneeze and thereby fail to catch the tiny, shrew-like ancestor of all the mammals, we should none of us be here.

It's better to move on now and feel a pinch, than hold on and later treat a wound

Shit. Shit. Shit. He’d known he couldn’t save her. He’d known he was too far away. Knowing didn’t prevent the bare-knuckled punch to his heart, though.

We can’t expect others to abandon their values any more than we would forsake our own.

The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.

I like the personality of the Belgians. They're deeply eccentric, which is something that comes across in their design - terrific.

Forget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next.

What's the use of money if you have to earn it.

I am still the only elected president of the country.

Human dignity begins to assert itself only at the point where man is distinguishable from the beast by pity for it.

I think photojournalism is documentary photography with a purpose.