“I'm an admirer of everything Dr. Martin Luther King stood for, but I don't think he would have stood for this”

“I'd be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn't believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don't think it does.”

“Do I have opinions that might piss people off? Yes - that's what I'm here for.”

“I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.”

“I don't differentiate much, except in degree, between people who believe in religion from those who believe in astrology, magic or the supernatural.”

“I'm always on the lookout for something good about people. Often months go by.”

“My mother always called me 'sturdy' and said I have big bones. A little fat is what I am.”